VALUABLE PRESENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19177, 17 November 1925, Page 8

VALUABLE PRESENTS.

SIR JAMES AND LADY GUNSOfy

SILVER MODEL OF MUSEUM.

SCHOLARSHIP IN AGRICULTURE.

ANNUAL VALUE OF OVER £125

The good work done by Sir James and Lady Gunson for the city of Auckland will be publicly recognised on Monday afternoon, when a presentation ceremony will bo held in the Town Hall concert chamber at three o'clock.

The presentation committee reports that subscriptions to the fund were most readily made by citizens. In discussing trie form of the presentation the committee thought it best, in view of the great interest Sir James has taken in the War Memorial Museum, to give him a silver model of the new museum building now being erected in the Domain. The presentation of the model, which is true to scale, and which stands on a bronze pedestal, will, therefore, be made on Monday. An illuminated address will also be given to Sir James.

A baby grand pianti will be presented to Lady Gunson. The committee has also decided, with the consent and approval of Sir James, to devote the remainder of the funds to the establishment of a university scholarship in agriculture, to be known as the Sir James Gunson scholarship. For this purpose, there is a sum of £I2OO available, which, with a Government subsidy of the same amount, brings the total to £2400. This means that the scholarship will have an annual value of over £125. The scholarship, which will lie open, to New Zealand students, will be tenable at Auckland University College, and the devotion of the money to the establishment of such a valuable aid to agricultural education is calculated to meet with the entire approval of citizens. Members of the general public are invited to attend the presentation ceremony on Monday. The Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, will preside, and he will be supported by Sir Edwin Mitchelson.