LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1311, 14 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho monthly mooting of the Victoria College Council was lieid hist evening, there being present: ifr. Chas. Wilson (chairman), and Messrs. A. R. Meek, C. Watson, T. K. Fleming, It. D. liell R. M'Nab, J. G. W. Aitkon, ajid Dr' t. J\ Knight. The summary of finances showed that after providing' for prospective liabilities the. credit balance in hand amounted to ,£SS3 4s. Bd. On tho rcrammemhition of Professor I'icken, Miss A. W. 'IVycLonne wa.s appointee! assistant in mat hematics, vice Mrs. Bogie, resigned. The council then went into committee on wrfciin matters of policy connected-with the-library.

llio Rev. ]•:. I. Sola was inducted as hist vicar of the Kastbourno Parochial District by the Anglican Bishop of Wellington (Dr: Sprotf) on Tuesday evening A representative gathering a&somblpd in the cluircli. when evensong was suii" bv the Rev. Joshua Jones, up till then the near of the district, which is now t oft from the llutt parish. The l~.n - were read by tho Rovs. Kavll o« i w

Hammond and Constable Inco a/rrrsted a raan named A _ T]j oni son ye-sterday on a so r j olls c i] ar?( >, •*£ Pol«Tc allegation is that the offence was .committed at Kilbirnic yesterday.

No fewer than seven members of the teaching stiff of the Newtown School will enter upon fresh engagements in other schools at tho conclusion uf the Christmas holidays, and on Tuesday evening a small and very enjoyable social evening was held in the school in their honour.

Organised in Wellington, a small moving picture company will set out in.the course of a few days on a tour of America and England, making a speciality of the exhibition of pictures of New Zealand scenery and wonder sights, including some views of the Hot Lakes district, Milford Sound, Wairakei GcyscTs, and the Wnitomo Caves. It is intended to carrjwith the show a kineniatograph camera and an expert operator to gather new and original material frlong their travel route.

The Committee of Management of the Dunedin New Cathedral Board, in their report of the seventh year makes tho following statement:—Money received to the end of MO, £W,%5 7s. 3d.; money received to tho em! of 15)11, ,£1023 wk 3d. i promised subscriptions to receive' ■£2578 Is. Id. j promised G. G. Russell JI1000; promised S.T.C.K., .ElOflO: total ,£ls,fiCi; 18s. 9d. This will be reduced by ,t!)7li Us. Id., expenditure incurred to date. The committee notifies that the Public Trust Office renorted, under date of July 4, 1911, that the gross value of tho William Harrop Estate was •£:>!),313 ss. J Id. The amount at credit of the capital account was .£'15,775 8?. 10d., and of income account .£5722 17s. Id.—the balnnco being in mortgages or debentures.

The death of Mr. Jivncs Hay has left a vacancy in the representation of the Canterbury College graduates on the Senate uf tho University. Mr. 0. T. J. Alper?, M.A., a graduate of Canterbury C'ollfßi , , and n member of tho Christchurch Bar, is a candidate for the vacancy. Any Canterbury graduate who is resident in another university district, whoso name is not on tho Canterbury register, and any graduate of ■mother New Zealand I'niversilv College wliosi; name is not yet on tiio Canterbury register may transfer his nimo to the Canterbury register for this contoaled election simply by applying in writing to tho Heffi.itr.ir of Canterbury College before won of December 23, 1211, i