A PROPHET'S RENOWN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12982, 25 January 1910, Page 4

A PROPHET'S RENOWN.

Wli.-it applies to the University applies with equal force to other branches ,tf learning. The other day the Presbyterian Assembly appointed a man from Home to a responsible position in the Theological College in New Zealand, although one of the applicants lor the posit ion jxsscssnd credentials equally as hi«h as Ihe outsider. Unfortunately for him, Lowerer. he was a colonial, sad the old adage is -1)11 true that a profit no renown in his own country. Lar£? sums of money are annually sent, out of the Dominion to In in 15 in musical examiners: yet we have capable musicians in New Zealand. Ouit-e recently we heard of a colonial suffering from a severe affliction requiring' expert treatment, who went to the Old Country to he treated by a specialist. While there he was informed that there was at lea?t one doctor resident in New Zealand who was as competent t<» deal with the particular trouble as any expert in the Old Country. And thus history repeats itself.