WELLINGTON NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8672, 12 July 1906, Page 3

WELLINGTON NOTES.

/ [FROM OO» CoRRESFONBEHTj-] "WifLLIJSGTON, July 11. A fct-rong effort iis being hiade to gerc the Mount GoOk siifco from th© -Defeiwa* Department tor the Education Departs meat. The Mayor* the chairman of the Education Board; Alf Lee, aaU the chairman of the ifeaM afid manager ot the Technical Glares-, fere, to wait on tlie Minister at an early date to urg« tho claims of ediicatkm. . It is easy to ace that Mr Sed'tton ib no longer at tho h«ad of defenceThere iis, I understand, aitotlier Matter also being raised, regarding Vvhifeh the late Premier, as Defonce Minister, had decided, opirikms. Tlte devsiopnients promise to be interesting. T;h« Minister of Justice who hate jusb returh&d. frota Ghi'istriliurch,, spoiks very highly of the progress of the Exhibrfcioil buildings, Which he lias tiv doubt will be completed f<*r the opening day. He is lo&t in admiration of the extent of the buildings, any one of the larger .of which ife aS large as the -whole paraphernalia of former Exhibitions; Your readers will be glad to learn that he thinks it will be th« largest and best Exhibition ever held south of the line. The doctors here are always very uhv oompromisihg in their reference to a certain class of advertisement. It is not surprising, therefore, to find them refera-ed to in the resolution passed by the Wellington bfaiich of the BritMi Medical Association in sympathy with Mr Bligh's crusade. The following 19 the text of the resolution. :— " This division of the BfitMi Medical Association wishes to express sympathy wi€n Mr R. H. W. Bligli in hie crusade against impurity. It is of opinion that his lectures and expositions must be of the greatest good ,to the public at large. This division, of the British Medical Association is of opinion that the advertisements relating to secret diseases and sexual matters how appearing in the daily and weekly papers and magazines are disgraceful, and should be prohibited in tie interests of morality. 1 ' . « With reference to the proposed Hadfield memorial the " Post " " It is fitting that the memorial to one wtose life was largely devoted to education should take t!he form of a college, and the suggestion of . the committee to establish a ' college or hostel in connection with, the university of theological and other student*, to bear the name of Bishop Hadfield ' is > a good one. We have ho 6ymparfchy with the Suggestion that it would be improper to associate t!he memorial with the Victoria College, inasmuch as it does not exist ' for a _ religious purpose.' It would, we think, be a mistake to attempt to work oh lines independent of, if not actually, hostile to, the valuable secular institutions of the country* A training institution, for theological students is one of the admitted needs of the church, a-nd it would be far more effective and better able to concentrate its resources by working in harmony with the college."