DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 4

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

The small attendance at the irecti'ng held or. Slonday in ooni.oction .vith the approaching visit to jS'cw Zealand of a large part/ of members of the Jkitish Association for the Advancement of Srlence indicates that the people of AVc'linptto" cio not yet fully apprecnt'j the far-rcachi 'g importance of this t\ejit. But it would be r.,_ mibtakc to" lay much strc-s on this apparent lacL of enthusiasm, for 'i.i iucL matte! s citizens ha , t> become, accustomed to entrust the ptclimijarj- aru-ngemsnts to r. comparatively small nuniljcr of persons. Tho people of Wellington aiv not wanting in hospitality, and v.-her. they realise the unique interest which inust attach to the u'sit of ratnv of the moat distinguished British and foreign scientists they may uc relied upon to shew in an i:nmistr.kal)lc manner thit thfj recognise the inestimable value of tho «ork which these men are doing for tho betterment jf the haman race. Tnc Hon. H. D. Bell, after speaking of the groat importance of tho oenfc, sud iie that citizens do their bes' to ruake it clear to the visitors that they were welcome. When the time comes he will probubly find that tho public will do their part in a manrcr worthy of the occasion. It will bo a good thing from many uoints of view to hj\e v\r special scientific problems stud'fd on the spof by some of the world's greatest oxptrts We are .sure to leiri: much iroru them, and they will ha\e something to loam from «s and from our country. Eicry e: v ort is boing made to ensi:i<: thac the time which the visitors will spend in New Zealand will ba used to the best achanfcago. In ?clJitioi: to the more abstn-sc aiid-tech-nical discussions at the meetings of tho sections a number "f popular lectures »vill be gi\ec at whioh the latest idecs in various branches of modern scientific knowledge will be explained in the simplest and most attractive manner bv men who can sneak with the highest authority. Wliilc due attention will be r>aid to tile noeds of the student, the interests of the a.erage man and woman will not be oicrlooked.