SCIENCE IN INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1920, Page 5

SCIENCE IN INDUSTRY.

THE VALUE OF RESEARCH. NEW ZEALAND'S DEVELOPMENT. By Telegranh.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The importance of establishing a system of research in the Dominion was urged on the Minister of Education by p. deputation* representing the Council of Education and the New Zealand Institute. Professor MacMillan Brown sua there was no other way of making progress in the Dominion than by encoura'g:ng research into industry by the trained minds of the country's scientific men. He believed that a Research Institute and an Advisory Council were necessary. The development of trained students should lie applied to the advancement of our industries, and he suggested that something like the Cawthron Institute, but on a larger scale was needed. Hesearch scholarships could not be utilised without proper laboratories. Dr. Alan Thompson and Mr. R. C. Kirk also urged the claim for laboratories.

The Minister said he was entirely with the deputation that something should he done. The department would not be doing its duty if it did not stress the necessity of taking such steps as would Ijring about research info existing industries, and the possibility of establishing new industries, but he wanted more details. The first step would be to make Cabinet acquainted with the history of the movement and create an Advisory Council to indicate how the proposal could be worked out. He hoped before long some tangible results would flow from the action of the department.