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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 144, 6 July 1937, Page 6

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Government Scientific Appoiiltmeilts Made

MR. M. M. C00PER

Important appointments in the Department of Scientific and* Ifidustrial Eesearch to fill vaeancies or in cOnnection with other- activities were anndunced last night by the Hon. D. G. Stillivan, Minister of Scientific and Ihdustfial Eesbafch. , Mr M. M. CoOpCf, the Ellodes Scholar ahd fofmerly Si Mfissey College, who is at present studying the economics of ahimal husbandry at Oxford, has been appointed to the headquartefs staff. Hc will commence duty at the eiid bf JUly ahd also will prob'ably act as joint

secretiafy df the Aniihal Disease3 BurhaU; Df. E. Y efnOti; tt Sbtt df the forifier* headififtstbf bf the Falinerstbii Nbrth Higk Sehbbl; hbs beeii appoifitbd iuycologist ttt the Dairy Eesearch fhstitute. Dr. Yefflofi Wtts fbfifibfly eifiployed by a lafgi hfifi bf dairy ihantifacturers in Londbfa; tThited Dairies. He Will spend two ittOnths iii Englaiid studying the problefliS bf thb pf evefition of mould in New Zealahd chbdse ttnd will take up duty ih Aiigust: Dr; H; d"; Fifilay, of Dunedin, is also joinifig th'b Bepaftment as microaleontolbgiSi fdf the Special Study of the aiicibnt fitafifie ttfiimal remains in geolbgical str'ata associated with oil prodlictibiij ASothbf fe-ttppointment of the Departmbnt is Df; J; Hosking, Son of the late iftidge Rbskihg. Df; Hosking will be ifi Chafgb bf wdfk ofl the organicChemistfy bf grasses, plants, tiifiber, etc. Furthbf ttppointinbiits ifi ,,course of beifig fiiadb Wbre the head of the Wool ManUfabtUfbfs1 Ebseafch ASsociatioh and the head of thb newly-formed Tobttccb Ebsearbh Assbcitttidfi. These variqU^i AppbintfflbfitS Wbtiid, said Mr. SulliVafl, strefigthbh cohsideiably tho Staff Oi thb Dbpaftiflent bf ^Cientifie ttna fedli&tfifil Eesbafbh Snd Wdttld wr creaSe iii tiSbfuifiess. Mf Max M; Coopef, B. Ag., Sc., wliq Was tt 1934 NbW Zealand Rhbdes SchbL ttr, Wtts bdffi ttt Havelock Nofth 27 yearb ttgds Mf Gbbper was edUcated ttt the MttVdlobk Nbfth Fublic Schdbl. afid late# ttt thb Nttpibf BbysJ Higfa Shhobl, Whefb he. wttb pfbfect; Me evefituttlly went tb Viqtdria College and theh to Massey _ Agficulttifal College befdrd Ieavifig ifi 1984 fof Oxford Ufiivefsity*. Thefb ho had the distinqtion bf gttifis ing tt Rlilby ,^hitie,• ifi hie fifbt ybaf; ttnd later he led the Varsxty XV. ttgainst the 1935 All Blacks, the tourists ^fifijSi by tOJdifits tb fiiiiB;