TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP. IN MEDICINE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1908, Page 8

TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP. IN MEDICINE.

Rev. Mr. Cameron moved at the Unirersity senate to-day — "That the ques,ion of giving a travelling scholarship to graduates in Medicine should be re"erred to the finance committee to report." Professor Scott seconded the motion. Professor J. W. Brown said that the itrong objection to the proposal was ',hat the best talent would be exported. Che country was so young and so small ihat they ought to conserve tfyeir talent. Che very finest examples had been handid over free to other countries. Travelling scholarships would only encourage the movement. He could point to many y-oung men who had gone away, and itayed away, because they were paid' better salaries. Tho Hon. C. C. Brown considered Ihat travelling was an indispensable adjunct of a liberal education in New Zealand. ••'•The men who went abroad were- prophets of their own country. Mr. Hogben said that the benefit of the travelling scholarships was that they afforded a career open to talent.' Any limitation was a mistake. The Rev. Dr. M'Donald supported the motion on the ground that it would raise the standard of medicine- in New Zealand. Alter the question had been generally discussed, Mr. Cameron summed up the advantages of such a scholarship. The holder would, he. said, be required to give an annual report of the work he had done. The motion was carried on the voices.

The white dust was horribly stained. A patch of the road by Government House, near the Museum, was dyed an awesome maroon. Tender-hearted ladies, crossing the street, steerefl wide of the mriinour tpot, and shudderingly hoped that it WuS nothing more tragic than thy, blood of a horse which had slipped. Many . sigh of sympathy was given for the animal ivmcb was supposed to have scored its knees against' the hard stones. A reporter who noticed a. young lady veering away, vnth face averted from the dreadful colour, examined the spot. It was plain that a careless wayfarer had merely dropped a pot. of raspberry jam, and somebody had been wise enough to remove the broken glar>s. Advice received locally states that the Banks Peninsula cocksfoot crop show a shortago of 14,617 sacks. The total available for 1908 is 53,289 sacks of riddled seed. It is bright, fairly clean, and weighs Irom 111b to 141b to the bushel At Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co.'s sale this afternoon, three sections facing the main road at Trentham were sold to Mrs E. Shout for £160. Each section lias a frontage of 60 feet with a depth of 200 feet. Mr Arnold Staples, son of , Mr. , John Staples, was' married at St. Thomas's church to-day, to Miss Alice Clarke, daughter of Mr. Clarke, of Constabhstreet. Among the passengers by the Oswesfcry Grange, due here in about three weeks from the West of England, are a large number of farmer? and farm labourers. Of the former class there are twenty-two so described, while five is the number of the second. General labourers include six. The recently averted railway strike may be responsible for the presence aboard of five railway men of various branches. Thereare two gardeners, two dairymen, one forester, one nurse, three painters, one van boy, one brass-finisher, one architect, one lawyer, one shopman, one salesman, five, clerks, two cabinet-mak-ers, one plumber, ono carter, one ironturner, one boot-repairer, one miner, one grocer, one hairdresser, one shipmaster, one joiner, one watchmaker, one ironmonger, one. butcher, ono cycle fitier, one commercial, and sad to say, only three domestics, ont of whom is married. The great majority of the emig^dnts are English, but theie are a few Scotch and Irish as well. The passengers are fairly evenly distributed between the four chief ports. Messrs. Thompson Bros., Ltd., advertise a sale at their mart, Blair-street, to-mor-row, at 11 o'clock. Messrs. David Anderson and Son, agents for Frunley fresh fruits, advertise fruit for jam to arrive next month. Messrs. W F. Shorfct, Ltd , advertise that they will sell watches and jewellery at their mart, Willis-street, to-morrow, at 2 o'clock, by order of the Public Trustee. On Saturday next Messrs. Dalgety and Go. will hold a sale, of farming land in South Wairarapa. Details are advertised in this issue. An ill-tempered old gentleman was watc^Usi? Che diabolo players in Kensingtoa liardens. "And to think," he mused algtid, "that a month or so ago this sorf oi wiing was only being done in our &axhua&."