SIR JOHN RUSSELL ON THE AIR

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 6, 24 August 1928, Page 10

SIR JOHN RUSSELL ON THE AIR

‘A N unexpected treat was given listen- ~ ers-particularly country listeners -by both 38YA and 2YA seizing the opportunity of Sir John Russell, Direetor of the Rockhamsted Experimental Station, England, being in New Zealand, and asking him-to speak. On Thursday night from 38YA he spoke on the "Relationship of Science to Farming," and again on Friday night from 2YA he elaborated on this subject. The ability of Sir John to speak from 2YA was due to the storm delaying his vessel, the Rotorua,, one day, and thus detaining him for a further few hours in Wellington. The opportunity was immediately seized to approach him to speak to the farming community from 2YA. His address was a particularly bright and interesting one, and emphasised the beneficial results accruing to agriculture from Scientific investigation.