CAWTHRON OBSERVATORY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 4

CAWTHRON OBSERVATORY.

SITES OFFERED IX NELSON. (By Tclcgrapli.-Preia Association.) Nelson, H.The fiual selection of a site tor tho Cawthron Observatory will not bo made until (he arrival from England oi .the scientist whom Sir Robert Ball, director of the Cambridge Observatory, has been invited to nominate. When this gentleinan lias been appointed his first duty upon arrival here will be to determine tlie.most suitable site for i.lie institution. S"veral sites have been ollered. It is contemplated Unit the English scientist will supervise I ho erection and equipment of Ihe observatory, and afterwards act as director. Miss, Proctor, who has been staying at Nol-nn' • after tlu> conclusion of her lee-Itii-inn tour, had several conferences with Mr. Cawlhran, and -inspected llio available sites for the' observatory. She is fullv convinced that Nelson i.s an eminently suitable location for such an institution.' Miss I'roctor leaves' Wellington on Friday for Sydney. .11 is her intention to deliver a series of lectures ill Queensbind at the request of, (lie Chancellor of ilia Brisbane University. in order to advocate. the establishment there of a chair of astronomy. ■ She will later oil pay a visit to Egypt. Mi.-s Proctor in. Iciids to l-cturn to New Zealand to W present] al the opening of thu Cawtliron Observatory.