Pacific Science Congress
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In NZ in 1949
SCIENTISTS will meet in Auckland and Christchurch in February next year to discuss scientific problems that relate to the Pacific. Nine divisions will cover geology, meteorology, ocean ography and marine biology, zoology, botany, soil resources, agriculture, an thropology, public health and social sciences.
Many of the papers presented at the congress will be of high academic value only. But others will be of interest to Pacific peoples. Of especial interest should be papers on methods of improve ment in dairy cattle in relation to en vironment.
Other topics dealt with in the anthro pology, public health and social science divisions will include such matters as the spread of people and cultures, including the problems of Indonesia, the position and problems of peoples of mixed blood in the Pacific, the medical problems affecting indigenous populations and white settlers in the Pacific, education and mass media of communication among dependent peoples in the Pacific, and the social implications of science.
The congress is under the auspices of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the University Colleges in Auckland and Christchurch.
Mr. Wm. Roberts travelled on the last “Morinda” from Vila (New Hebrides) to Aneityum, where he intends to instal a weather station similar to the one he is operating at Vila. The station will be run by Mr. Keith Coates, local manager of the Aneityum Logging Company.