COMING TO NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1922, Page 2

COMING TO NEW ZEALAND.

AMERICAN SCIENTISTS’ VISIT. MOUNT EGMONT AN ATTRACTION. About May 19, a party of scientists is leaving the State University of lowa via Vancouver for the Fiji Islands anil New Zealand. It is proposed to remain u lew weexs in Suva, where they expect to make a brief study o( the coral reefs. 'lhey hope to leach Auckland during the first week in July, and to remain in New Zealand about seven or eight weeks. The official party consists of Processor unarles C. Nutting, zoologist and director of the party; Professor R. BWylie, botanist; Professor Dayton Stoner, entomologist and ornithologist; • lr. A. ('. Thomas and Mr. W. S. Gleeks, geologists. At the meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society, on Tuesday, a letter was received stating the general plans of the, geologists while in New Zealand. They hoped to see the wonderful volcanoes, geysers, hot springs, and attendant phenomena in the North Island, Mount Egmont, kauri gum beds, White Island, and the haunts of the rare tuatura. In the South Island, they hoped to see some of the glaciers and famous mountain scenery of the Southern Alps, fiords, waterfalls and other features of the West Gt ago coast, Dake Wakatipu, the Remarkables and other points. The party would also like to see some of the fine collections and museums of the Dominion, and Dr. Wylie hopes to have opportunities of studying plant life in the South Island in July and August.