INTERPROVINCIAL.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. , The late Mrs. Rhodes left a bequestto Victoria College for the higher edu- . cation of women. This now amounts to about £12,000. Colonel Studholm, on beha'.f of the trustees, said that Dunedin«having already set up a chair of 1 domestic science, it was thought inadvisable to iiiustal another chair, which at once would deprive Dunedin of half its students. He suggested devoting the income to travelling scholarships, open to Victoria College, the term. to be one to three years. After twelve years -they 1 should be terminated in "favor of a chair of home science. The College has appointed a committee to consider the pro- \ posals. - The Dental Conference set up a com- . mittee to consider the scale, of fees, as it ■ is felt an increase is necessary. In the Divorce Court to-day H. J. O'Halloran, farmer^ and land agent, of Woodville, was granted a decree nisi, on 1 account of his wife's misconduct with ; Frank Albert Loft. He claimed £2000 damages. The jury awarded £500. Mr. George Elliott, of. Auckland, has been appointed chairman of the Conciliation tribunal to consider the Railway • Officers' Institute dispute.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19200520.2.18
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 3
Word Count
193INTERPROVINCIAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.