VETERINARY COLLEGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 8

VETERINARY COLLEGE

SENATE RECOGNISES NEED By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON. January 17 The report of the committee appointed to consider the desirability of establishing a veterinary college in the Dominion was before the University Senate yesterday. Presenting it. Mr L. J. Wild said that at a very conservative estimate the Dominion required 240 veterinarians, including about 40 for inspectional and research work under the Department of Agriculture. Twelve to 15 students would be required to pass through the school each year in order to keep up the supply. The Government at present provided money to send suitable people to Australia to be trained. The cost of the building he set down at £50,000 to £75,000, with an annual cost for maintenance and payment of lecturers, etc., of £lO,OOO a year. The report suggested that the institution should be connected with a school of agriculture in preference to a medical school. The Chancellor (the Hon. J. A. Hanan) questioned if it was a reasonable time to approach the Government on the subject, seeing how scarce money was, although undoubtedly they would like to see the scheme established. Dr. Denham suggested that they should stress the necessity of the scheme rather than press for immediate establishment. The Dominion lost annually between £2,000.000 and £4,000,000 through animal disease. In adopting the report, the Senate affirmed the principle that a school of veterinary science should be established in connection with an agricultural college. RIGHT FOOT LOST EARL'S SHOOTING MISHAP Earl Peel, who at thirty-eight is one of Britain’s richest and most eligible bachelors, has had his right foot amputated following a shooting accident. He is reported to be making satisfactory progress. The accident occurred on the estate of a friend in Hampshire. Earl Peel was taken to a nursing home, where the amputation was performed. Lord Peel succeeded to the earldom in 1937, on the death of his father, the first earl. He was elected a director of the L.M.S. Railway at the age of th ir ty - fi v e.