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Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1923, Page 2

Ai.kkahy in Melbourne the meetings have proved fruitful, papers and discussions on iriigation and afforestation, for example, have thrown light on many questions ot intimate coheern to Australians. ’The agenda paper suggests that the Sydney session "ill tie equally prolific. It includes such subjects as the relation of climate in the Pacific region to economic and social life, the settlement of areas of low rainfall, and the organisation and coor.lination ol scientific work in the Pacific. But there is an aspect of the Congress to he considered over ‘ind above its scientific importance. May we not hope, that an outcome of this cosmopolitan assembly "ill -be that nnttuaj sympathy and good-will wliieb are engendered by collaboration ill matters cf world-wide significance? Scieniiv knows no boundaries. She speaks in the one longue, and is animated by the one spirit. Here we alive representatives from (lose upon a score of different, countries dominions, colonies, and territories. Ameiica, Britain France. Holland and Japan have all sent- delegates. Surely they will return home with u fuller knowledge and a better understanding of the national idealsi. a»p-inations, and problems of Australia and of each other. Surely We may regard this Congress as an agency which will help in its degree to dispel misapprehensions, to promote harmony, and to establish international friendships, rendering the Pacific tor all time true to its name.