SELWYN CENTENARY.
' (Per Press Association.) ■ -AUCKLAND, this day. Tho celebrations of the Selwyn centenary, arranged in connection with the diocese of Auckland, took place yesterday, and were largely attended, the Governor taking part in each of the two functions. . s In - the afternoon Lord Plunket. laid the foundation «torie of the Patteson memorial wing of St. John's College, at Tamaki. , This wing will form the first instalment of the school of the future in ' the permanent rebuilding of ; St. John's College, which was founded by Bishop Selwyn in 1842. The total cost of th© new. wing* Will be about £6000. It will accommodate about 30 studente, and' . will ; also - .provide accommodation for the Valuable, library presented to the coUege,!.by,.Dr Kinder^ a- former, warden of the i college.. ; In the course of their speeches itlie Bishop pf Aucldaricl and the Governor both strongly ? advocated the proposal that St»JohnV College, which Avas ; not merely a , theological college, should become a residential college affiliated to the University of New Zealand. Last^ evening a public meeting, presid. ed over, by the Bishop, was held in comr memoration of the . centemuy. Speeches were delivered byftlie /Bishop/ the Gor Vernor. 'Hon^ Dr. Fihdlay, Messrs J. H. Upton, and Hon. E-. Mitchelspn. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11856, 21 May 1909, Page 5
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