Grasslands Conference

New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 543, 18 November 1949, Page 20

Grasslands Conference

HE Grasslands Association was formed in 1931, with the broad object of fostering grassland knowledge among everybody interested in grassland. A better known name could hardly haye been found for the first President than Cockayne, in this case A. H. Cockayne, then Director-General of Agriculture, and a son of Dr; L. Cockayne, who did so much of the early work on New Zealand grasses. A. H. Cockayne was President from 1931 until last year when he was succeeded by F. R. Callaghan, Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Indus- | trial Research. That Mr. Callaghan and the Association take their mission seriously has been demonstrated by the amount of organisation put into this year’s annual Conference, which starts in Rotorua on Monday, November 21. . The Association’s officials feel that although it is important for the scientists among them to get together for the exchange of ideas which so often makes further research progress possible, it is even more important that people whose

way of life is the land should also have access to the exchange of ideas, and be able to contribute their own. So the Executive Committee have been very thorough about the

publicity given the Conference, and the NZBS, recognising the importance of the occasidn, has given a good deal of broadcasting time from several stations to particular subjects dealt with by the Conference. A _ series of preparatory broadcasts-five-minute summaries of papers to be given at the Conferencehas already been heard on the air. Stations 1YZ and 1YA will broadcast short reports of the day’s proceedings at 6.0 p.m. on November 22, 23, 24 and 25, and these will, with the exception of the last, be rebroadcast later by 2YA, At 7.15 on Tuesday, November 22, 2YA will broadcast part of Mr. Callaghan’s Presidential address,