“Seagoing Chemist” Finds His Feet in Levin
'Tm just a seagoing chemist. : I'm here to 'rubberneck' not ' tb work. There'll be plgnty of work next week. Meanwhile I'm just spending my time seeing every-, thing I can." With these words, John P. Tully, ' a tall, lean, cheerful Canadian member of the scientific group which was,. in Levin yesterday, ac- j counte'd for his presence with the zoologists and others in the party. ■ He explained that he was from, British Columbia and that his in-j terest lay in ocean^ currents and river pollution problems. ! Told that Foxton might appreci-j ate his views on that subject, he; said that he had heard of the trouble there and hoped to go there ; on his return from the South , Island. ; Another particular interest he ; has is in farming. "I'm very im-' pressed with your cattle," he said. I 4You have also wonderful range! country here." Commenting on the fact that he had met many New' Zealanders during the war, he said: "I see now why they talkedj the way they. did about this coun- , try." I
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 February 1949, Page 4
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