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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1726, 29 March 1905, Page 46

The Hqn Kathleen Plunket, sister of his Excellency th© Governor, is at present staying in Wellington. Mr James M. Ling, of Crown street, Sydney, who resided in Wellington over a quarter of a century ago, is iev isiting the city. On the eve of their departure from St. Paul’s parish, the Rev H. T. Stealey and Mrs Stealey were presented last evening with a purse of sovereigns by members of the Tinakori road congiegation. in animations for four vacant seats on the Victoria College Council closed on Monday. The nominations received, were-: —Parliament airy rep resent a t ive, Dr Knight; Education Boards’ representative, Mr R. MoOa-llum (.Blenheim) ; teachers’ representative, Rev W. A. Evans; graduates’ representative, Mr H. P. Richmond. These gentleman have therefore been duly elected. Mr Ernest Kilburn Scott, M.1.E.E., A.M.I.CE., a native of Lends, and a member of an old engineering ha.s been appointed to organise the elects • i cal e.n gi n ec-rin g tie) i a rtnie-111 © s ta, b--1 ished at Sydney University, under a grant from Sir Peter Nicol Russell. Sir Peter, who is a native of Australia, and is eighty-nine years of age. was probably the first man to found ironworks ixi Sydney. “It. was at his works, says the Adelaide “Register. ’’“that gunboats wore constructed for the New Zealand Government during the time 4h© Maori war.”