TO PLAY PART IN SCIENCE CONFERENCE

Chronicle (Levin), 15 June 1946, Page 2

TO PLAY PART IN SCIENCE CONFERENCE

(Special Corrcspondcntt) LONDON, Juue 13. A defouco science conference ai piesent in progress iu London is oue of a sorics of highly importam scientilic gatlierings to be held ^ iu Britain in the next few weeks. Tiit ooject of all the meetings, in greater oi i tesscr degree, is to mobilise the Empiru's .scmntific rosources for defencc to nicet post-war probleins. , ■ -Scieutilic leaders froui ' Britain and ihe Domiuions and uiost countries oi the Enipire are participating. The defen.ce and science conference ! has already been in progross for more tlian a week. Oue of its major problems is the decentralisation of Enipire scienlilic projects. . It is intendeu ihat these shall be "carried out in whatever parts of the Enipire. are con > .-..dered most suitudic, witti the doublc j objectivc of taking some of the : iiiitish eggs out of ihe L'nited King j doiu Ijasjvot and taking lunbst ad vantage of the vust material l'esources of the Conimoinvealth. The Canadians are assisting with I uranium research, ihe Au.stranans ari. j providing further facilities tor othe. j .n\ esligalidns, and au exainple of Ne\. j Zealand's rote is a Canteroury projeci j ,or iuvestigation of tiie eJIect oi j ineleorological condilions oa radio auii j radar. A two-day meeting lo considm proiilems of aeronauiical research will iollow the defencc science conference nid will iimiiediately precede the au uual con'ferenco of the Koyal Society . i iiis will be Ihe lust of three week.of talks divided betwceu Jjondou. vixford and Camliridge. At the .conclusion of the Iloyai Society :s meeting au official coufer once will be held, at whic-h tJu recommeudations of Ijie Jioyal Societ. will be put i ii lo admmistrative form I'or subtuission to the -various Go\ern nenls concerned. New Zealand has been, and will be rcjiresented at ;^1 meetings, and a number of papers prepared by New Zeataiiders will be preseuted. Er. it .Marsden and Brigadier Park Yvill be New Zealand delegates to tlic defencc science conference, and Dr. Marsdeii, Sir Theodore ltigg, and x'rofessors llercus and Soper will comprise tlu New Zealand delegation to the iioya* Society. liofore tlieir . dispersal the delegate.to the '• Agricultural liesearch Burean ' will "revieiv' all Enipire agricultural problems and devise mcans for furthering iilterchauge of scientili informatioiV between the countries of the British Commonwealth. ' i i r ■ ,v