SCIENCE CONGRESS
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IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ASSEMBLES IN SYDNEY
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Sydney, August 17. A civic reception was given to-day to the delegates to the twenty-first biennial meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advareement of Science. The Dominion's delegates are, acting-Professor Firth, Dr. P. Marshall and Mr. A. Leslie. In welcoming the delegates, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, emphasised the important part science played in the development of young countries like Australia and New Zealand. Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Papua, and president elact of the Congress, said that whereever one went in the English speaking world, one found Australians or New Zealanders upholding the honour of their country in some seat of learning. Sir Edgeworth David, the noted scientific explorer, said that Parliaments were to be commended for their cordial support given in receht years to science, and that the scientific opinion among people was undoubtedly growing. ) The delegates later assembled at the Union Hall, Sydney University, for the opening of the Congress, when an opportunity was found for the renewal of 'friendships formed at former gatherings.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 304, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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