REFERENCE AT THE SCHOOL OF ART.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11506, 12 February 1903, Page 5

REFERENCE AT THE SCHOOL OF ART.

The Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, Mr A. E. U. Rhodes, prior to the distribution last night of the certificates at the School of Art, said that it vu with great regret they had heard that the Hon. Mr Rol'eeton, who had been so intimately connected with education, had passed away. The raetitution with which they were.more particularly connected had loti > personal aadi

is a whole, and Canterbury in pertioohr ; iad lost a most valuable public Mnut. He (Mr Rhodes), however, cfetired«to epeaki >f Mr RolJeston in connection wiib edoo** '.ion. In thia recpect ao one had done ao much as Mr Roileeton. All the Cbi. ege reserves and endowment* had been stt aside during the periods of his tjuperin. tndency.' He (the speaker) was not going u> say that there were not «there who iided and assisted in th« work, but Mf Roileeton had always shown the deepest and most practical "interest in the cause of education. Hβ was a member of' the i dret Board of Governor* of Canterbury 00l- j ege, and though of late years he had not uken a personal part in the work of the . Board, he had right through beeri"xmem« ' i;er of the Senate of the New Zealand University The deceased gentleman's memory would* long remain amongst them da that of & man'who n«d done moei valuable work. - i The .Uaoris of the South Island have bwn all very much , affected with the art* •.lounoement of th* Hon. W. Rolleaion'a .le.vth. Ho was not only well-known to liciu pereonally, but,, <ls 6up«rintend«3)t >u:d Native Minister, he took a great in-tere-iti in their welfare, particularly ao in respect of *chool». Ift May, 1881, be provided t.ke K&iapot Maoris with the aervioei of a doc at an annual eakrv, which ha* b»n k«|fi iitt ever einoe. Thie was in( keeping wilh'the prociises made in earlier times. , ■

The District Council of the Independent! Order of Rechabites, at its afternoon sitting yesterday, passed ,a resolution of sympathy to the wndow and relatives of the lite Hon. William Rplkstoo. The orennary meeting of the Charitalble Aid Board, which was to have been held yesterday, at 2.30 p.m., wasadjouiMd, oa *a tribute to the memory of the laU Hon. Wm. Rolleston. ' "-