COLONIAL INSTITUTE

Southland Times, Issue 18856, 23 June 1920, Page 5

COLONIAL INSTITUTE

REFERENCE TO ADMIRAL J ELLICOE. LONDON, May «. annual meeting of the Royal Colonial In-iimn- was held at the Central Hall, d:i duster. Sir Charles P. Lucas presiding. Aim-tig others present were: —Sir Thomas Mackenzie, Sir George Parkin, Admiral Sir N, Bowden-Sinith, Admiral Sir E. Fi»* maul: - and Sir James Mills. In d< tailing the work of the council during the •.•ear. the chairman said there had b en a cou 'leraldo increase in membership. 1 1 reached a total of 14.705 at the end of December last, or an increase of 2044, but deaths and resignations brought the total n to a n*-t increase of 972. It was proр. that the charter of incorporation, a ranted in ISS2, should be amended, as is Many re.-pects it was not suited either to , m i .v. conditions or prospective developm, iiM, ’iiic council had ascertained that :;i,-n would be no difficulty in obtaining 1 h j. ;! amendment but the matter was not yet bp- tor prosecution. A joint committee of the Institute and i!u’ Overseas Club and Patriotic League had repot ted to the effect that the amalgamation of the-e two bodies was both practicable and desirable and had laid down a bn-i- for agreement. The report had been adopted in principle by the councils of the two societies, subject to the approval of t heir re p-c ti' e members. A meeting of the !;ow- of the Institute for the consideration of tlte scheme would be held later on с. the eottn'-il expressed the earnest hope ihat their proposals, when presented, would a ive the approval of the Fellows as being in tls- he-t ir.tc-re-ts. not only of the Insti--nte. but of the Empire as a whole. The Organisation Committee had been •on-i ’.i-rably hampered in their operations ■luring the year by after-the-war conditions, especially in the matter of housing of iranches. Many evidences had come to I:and from oversea of the desire of the Fellows to promote the interests of the Institute and the Empire locally by forming .ranches. Melbourne, Brisbane, Gisborne, ire among those which have either inaugur,t- d a branch movement or expressed a deto r!o -o. Admiral Jellicoe’s visit to S'ew Zealand, where he was entertained by . rh.i-tchiireh brand), quickened interest n lb-- movement. No doubt the warmth f the .Admiral's welcome had led to his ■mm back a- Governor-Gene* al. (Laugher-.' A special committee had lately been ittiii- to consider the question of the oamhe.- an i were to prepare a confidential en-ort. Tim subject for the next essay for the i-hooF of the Empire are; — Class A (over r.i silver medal ; "Trace the Causes of the A'ar of American Independence”; class B under 1C) bronze medal: “The Life and ,Vo.-k of Cecil Rhodes as an Empire Guilder.”