CONSCIENCE CASES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 93, 21 April 1942, Page 6

CONSCIENCE CASES

PROPOSAL NOT FAVOURED

(P-A.) AUCKLAND, April 20. Opposition was expressed by the Auckland University College Council to a proposal by Canterbury University College that the teachers' "conscientious objectors and defaulters" regulations, 1941, should be amended so as to apply to teaching staffs of the university colleges. The discussion on- the proposal, which was forwarded from Canterbury College, was taken! in committee. On resuming in open council the president, Mr. W. H. Cocker, said the proposal in effect would mean that if any member of the university staff appealed for exemption from military service on conscientious grounds,! whether or not the appeal was successful, the college council would be deprived of the right to decide what action should be taken. The member of the staff concerned would automatically cease to carry on his duties and would enter upon leave of absence from his post without pay for the duration of the war. j "This matter does not arise out of I any case in this college," continued j Mr. Cocker, "but solely out of the proposal of Canterbury Collegfe. This council feels that the proper authority is the governing body of each council." After careful consideration, ho added, the council had adopted unanimously the following resolution: "That this council is opposed to the proposal of Canterbury University College on the grounds that it would involve improper interference with the autonomy of the university college and that matters of this kind should be dealt with if and when they arise by the governing authorities of the respective colleges under the powers already possessed by them; that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Gov-' ernment, the council of Canterbury I College, and the other college councils."

Mr. R. T. Grooby, machinist, 63 Moana Road, Kelburn, suffered a fractured left forearm, shock, and concussion when the motor-cycle he was riding was involved in a collision with a taxi at the corner of Dixon and Willis Streets shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The Free Ambulance i took him to hosDital. i

Brigadier-General P J. Hurley, American Minister m New Zealand, passing through the crowded Town Hall at noon today to receive a civic welcome from the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, who, with Mr* Hislop, is seen escorting the Minister. Just behind Brigadier-General Hurley is the Prime Minister Mr. Fraser.