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Evening Star, Issue 26154, 16 July 1947, Page 4

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Mr Justice Kennedy.. will return tomorrow afternoon from Wellington! where Jie haa teen attending a sitting of the Court of Appeal. Members who tooth 6eats at the monthly meeting of the Council of the University of Otago yesterday, for the first time were Dr C.,M. Foefcep (raf resenting sub-professional staff), sir i. jdel (student body), and Mr T. K. SI Sidey (Court of Convocation), Mr G. D. Anderson, education officer to the Otago Education Board, has been appointed lecturer in geography at the Wellington Teachers’ Training College. The recommendation of, the Museum Committee that the Education Board and the Education Department be told of the committee’s high appreciation of Mr Anderson’s services was adopted at a pieeting of the University Council yesterday afternoon, _ Miss Margaret Pollok M.A;. Dip. Ed., a member ol the staff of the Southland Girls’ High School, passed through Dunedin yesterday on the first stage or n journey to Paris, where she will be engaged-m teaching for a period. fhe presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross to Mr. Harold .Sjromonda, formerly chief engineer of the Aw’fitea, was made by the GovernorGeneral (Sir Bernard Freyberg) at Government House yesterday afternoon. Miss YoU E. Swindells was awarded the Colonel -I, Cowie Nichols Priae for an essay on a home science .subject by the University Council at Itjs monthly meeting yesterday. The oheimap, Mr A. C. Stephens, referred af yesterday Eveningj; meeting of the council of the, Dunedin Chamber of Commerce to the death, afier * long lines*, of Mr J- <j. Webster; Mr Stephens said that Mr W ebst« had' played A nfominaat partui the cultural life of Du.uedin. A mption of 'i/BfMtfis'Wjj# e»lF?ed.- „ 0 .„. 'Mm L; it. Morton and Mr G. Stratton, the retiring'members of the fHago High “'Spliopl*'Board, have been reel«toti|4; , ''■^^g^gggggmmggs