GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 301, 29 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

AN AUTOCRATIC CHAIRMAN. Bv Telegraph.—Pros-,' Association. Wellington, Last Night. At a meeting of the Wellington College Board of Governors, Mr. A. do B. Brandon refused to accept re-election a-' chairman unless he was allowed power of veto over any expenditure proposed 'by the Hoard. In the past he had had to administer works which he did not approve. Some members thought this \vas asking too much. The election of ] thairmnn was adjourned. | ELECTRIC TRAMS FOR PALMERSTON Palmerstoii X., Last Night. The Palmerstoii Borough Council de- J tided to-night to call a public meeting to discus's the electric tram system for Palmerstoii. A proposal is also on foot to obtain electric energy for Palmerston by harnessing a stream hi the locality, \vith a view to attracting manufacturing •industries. i JERSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. Palmerstoii N., Last Night. Tho Jersey Breeders' Association decided this afternoon to allot the so- | ciety's gold modal for champion hull | and cow for the year to the Wairarapa I lA. and P. Association; also to suggest , to those societies which place Jerseys: and Alderneys in conjunction in their schedules that they drop Alderneys, as ' there are none in the Dominion. THE ARAMOTIO ZOO. I Wanganui. Last Night. I A number of wild animals imported from Germany and Australia by Mr. J. i J. Boyd for tho Aramoho zoo arrived : to-day and were placed safely in cages. Tho. bald-headed eagles, to whose im- i por(atio-i objection was raised by (he 'Government, have been allowed to land on condition that their wings are broken. i ANGLICAN SYNOD. Wellington, Last Night. : The Anglican General Synod to-day , Vejoctod the proposal of Bishop Julius ] in favor of complete autonomy for the Anglican Church in Now Zealand. I MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS. Duuedin, Friday, j At the University Senate (he Mu-tc Committee presented a report recommending that, following the suggestion from Dr. Rradshaw. the .-tatulo dealing [ with entrance or matriculation oxamin* a I ion in music bo added to by retiuiring candidates to show a satisfactory knowledge of harmony. Another rooomniendatioii. as amended before adoption, was that the following le. soil ,n (he Univor-dly of Melbourne in answer to a loiter received from ids rciisirar: "The rejrrcts that whiUf it is in sympathy with the principle of cn-onera. iio;i in examinations in music'in the Commonwealth, it can for (ho present Give no definite expression of nidiii'm ato the conduct of such "vaminalioiv; <•- Iho ruivorsitv of Melbourne, -n far as , they relate to Now Zealand." Th- .-ommiiiee reported that th" roee** committee on music aro not prepared as vet 'o renort lo the Senate a- (o uhal cneoiir•\<rme:it the affiliated oollooes aro pr--pared f o ?ivo towards tho <v.t->hlishi""'if of a Con-orvntorinm of Mn-ie in Now Zealand, and asks leave to report at next annual mooting of the Senate, the .ii;i:i» ,-ommTttee of th» oro-ent sossbm |o be the recess committee on mu-io. BURCLARV~\T CARTERTON. Carter! o". Fv' I>v . \ lmreln,- nrnko info the itlu'lv siation'hero last ni-ht. hnf for nolhni". FnliMiK-o was e(T»ciod b- 'oreimr a winllo„. 'pirs is th" second attempt in twelve months.