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Temuka Leader, Issue 2469, 25 February 1893, Page 3

BoOKMAIvEUfi. -,• T}v{ij 1« l-he age of associations. Whe ft.'ii. Bookmakers Association has actually been formed to protect and defend its members against vexatious or malicious prosecutions arising out of the pursuit of their business ; to establish unity of feeling and acjiipvL amongst them ; to Qbtam f ivnd free exercise of jihei}' qccupation as is consistent with the law and the successful conduct of racing ; to place the members on a better status with the public aud racing clubs ; and also to establish a ipialitied and recognised tribunal to settle disputed wagers. Bookmakers and cash fielders arc all eligible as members. They oughs to, have added that the object of the aoclety was that its members might get other people's money without having to work i'pr it, or giving anything in return. The bookmakers expect th-'tt by combination they wil} eveatviaUy wipe out <ilie tjL)ta]k-aio.v. _ iv; are likely bobh themselves and the totalisatjQT will be wiped out together. Land SETisLKMiivr. — Land settlement in the Auckland district still goes ahead rapidly. The demand, in fact, is found to be more than the supply, and there is quite a rush for every available new section of Crown bind of any accpua* m (she Waikato district, as well as in the Bay of Plenty and flsßwherc. There is r.n increasing demand for good land for settlement, and general attention is being turned to the splendid areas of unused land locked up in the King country. Amongst those \\'\-,u havo travelled through the King country, and know it best, the unanimous r pinion is that this immense territory some eight million acrus of land in all—should 1 o ticquirud its soon as possible and thrown open to settlement in largo and small sections.

nt'U-rreservnr..-sufficient for the natives, before this part of the colony will ever go ahead properly. Another letter on this subject urging the immediate, necessity for legislation, has been addressed by Mr W. L." Rees to the Premier. Narrow Escai'K. Driving ironi Queenstown to Skippers, Otago, last Sunday, t,vo English tourists had a miraculous escape. Their way lay over a road cut out of the face of a rock, barely twelve feet wide, with in some places the cliff beneath them 500 feet high. One of the horses began kicking, and, getting its leg over the pole, the other horse kicked back. Then they bolted, turned round some sharp corners, till at last they brought the buggy in collision with a rock and the driver was thrown out. Meantime a Mr Grigg had jumped out, leaving Mr Chamberlain sole occupant of the vehicle, but shortly after he went the woj of the others. His foot, however, caught in the brake as he was falling, and he was dragged along until the buggy struck another rock and brought the horses to a standstill. When the driver and Mr Grigg arrived they found his leg so tightly wedged in by the iron brake that they had to go to a house hard by and borrow a spanner, with which they unscrewed the brake and released Mr Chamberlain. No one was seriously hurt, but Mr Chamberlain was much bruised.

University Senate. The University Senate met at Auckland on Wednesday. Only five members were present. The chancellor's report was a lengthy one. It stated that nothing had occurred during the year calling for special remark. The chancellor said that an amendment in the law regulation will shortly be gazetted, and fresh examiners will be appointed in English law. A memorial requesting the Senate to discontinue the appointment of examiners in England had been received, but the chancellor thought the value of New Zealand degrees was much enhanced by the fact that the examiners were English examiners. The saving by employing local examiners would be_£Ho. As regards the delay complained of in the memorial, the results could not be received much sooner under the proposed change. Seventy-five candidates gave notice for the professional law examinations. Thirtycandidates passed the whole or a section of the English law in the barristers' and solicitors' examination. Nine candidates passed the whole or a section of the medical intermediate. It was likely that the students in music, and perhaps acoustics, would increase every year, and it was necessary that the Senate prescribe fees, and also in agriculture and engineering. The Medical Association of New Zealand recommended that all students of medicine should take a degree in arts or science before proceeding to the degree of medicine. The chancellor commended the satisfactory work of the agent.