EMPIRE RESEARCH WORK

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1930, Page 8

EMPIRE RESEARCH WORK

NEW ZEALAND SENDS. : DELEGATE, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Government has decided to send Dr. E. Marsden, D.Sc., Secretary of the Department of Scientific and' Industrial Research, to England to' attend important research conferences to be held' in conjunction with the Imperial Conference. Dr. Marsden will leave for London about the middle of next month. In announcing this the Prime Minister (the Hon. G. W. Forbes) said that apart from questions relating to scientific and other investigations of considerable value to New Zealand the research policy of the whole Empire would come up for review at the conferences. At the present time New Zealand was receiving frbm the Empire Marketing Board useful subsidies and grants and as further activities in thia direction were, to be determined it was essential that Dr. Marsden be present to watch New Zealand’s interests and -make the best arrangements possible for co-operation and assistance. It is understood Dr, Marsden is leaving New Zealand early in order to attend the opening of the first of the pre- ' limihary conferences that have been financed and convened by. the Empire Marketing Board to deal ' with highly important questions affecting wool. At this conference Dr. Marsden will have, associated with him Mr. D. K. Sidey, Lincoln College, who has already arrived in England with supplies of 70 different lota of Corriedale fleeces and eijit lots of Romney fleeces from different flocks. Following the wool conference Dr. Marsden will be available in an advisory capacity to< attend the other research conferences to be hold in conjunction with the Imperial Conference. Amono- the subjects to be considered is that of meat, cheese and fruit transportation.