SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19439, 27 October 1925, Page 6

SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD

FAMOUS SCIENTIST VISITS NATIVE LAND. ENTERTAINED IN WELLINGTON. J [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 26. Sir Ernest Rutherford, O.ivL, F.R.8., the distiguished scientist, and Lady Rutherford arrived in Wellington this morning by tho Limited express. The visitors were met and welcomed at Thorndon station by Messrs A. C. Gifford (president of the Wellington Philosophical Society), Dr. I*. Marshall (president of thu N.Z. institute), Dr. E. Marsden (Assistant Director of Education) and Professor D. C. H. Florance (Professor of Physics, Victoria College) During their brief stay in Wellington, air Ernest and Lady Rutherford will be thu guests of Professor and Mrs. Florance. Bir Ernest has just completed a visit to his father and mother at New Plymouth, and to his brothers and sisters in other parts of the North Island. Last week ho spent with his brother in Hamilton, and with several relatives in that district. For the past six years Bir Ernest has been Director of Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. Sir Ernest gave a brief informal talk to students of Victoria College this afternoon. This evening a teception was given to Sir Ernest and Lady Rutherford at the college. They will bo accorded a civic reception tomorrow.

AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW. NEW ZEALAND’S GREAT PROGRESS. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 26. Sir Ernest Rutherford said that during his present tour of New Zealand he had visited Auckland, Taraniaki and Weikato. "I have been much struck," he said, “by the great advances which have been made in tho clearing of thu country since I paid Ci short visit to this country just before tho war. 1 hare noticed great improvements in the farm lands of tho provincial districts I have mentioned. That improvement is partially due to clearing and draining, particularly to the use of the various fertilisers, which appear to have had a marked effect on returns from tho land." “When I was here eleven years ago," continued Sir Ernest, “tho milking machine w*as just coming in, but I now find that it is universal, and in a great majority of cases there is also a local separator. Tho growth of towns like Auckland, New Plymouth and Hamilton has been very obvious. In travelling through tho country one observes improvements in miain roads, although in a number of places there is still great room for improvement. During my motor journey from Te Kuiti to New Plymouth I was much struck with the fine road that has been made from Mokau to New Plymouth.