NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(BX TELIGBIPH— TOESS ' ASSOCIiTtOHJ ~ . V : LINCOLN COLLECE. :;■'..•■.-■-. ■'.'■• Ohrlstohurbh, January 12;" v ' At a meeting of the Board of Governors o! ." the. Canterbury (Lincoln) Agricultural Col- ' lege, the acting-director reported that: the y full quota 'of students had been enrolled, -the ; '- number being 52. Three students, 1 ■ matriculated, applied for two> scholar- : -i ships, and; the acting-director intends ascor- :.'.-; tainingfrom^the'Registrar, of the New; Zea-.'. land. University .'the number of marks'.re-:~ ceivedby each, f /,"'.-■ ■'. ; ' r '>■■> '.: '''■ : :: ; '""y:'.'-.; .■■ The4)oafd'decided to adhere to its previous . decision hot-to permit' the: fifth egg-laying •-. competition - of ..the-. !Now ' : Zealand ;: Utility: ■'■■■■. Poultry Club > taking; placo at the College.; . Regarding the complaints', made :by the ..' Timaru A., and P. Association in qonnectio'n.: ■/ with the election "to the board; the chairman, ''.-'•' (the Hori: E. C. :J. Stevens) stated'thaf he " had ; the • positionin interviews in :■' iv ykristchurcli newspapers. The feeling of -', the board was .that mada by the-::, limaru; Association were, ungracious,: 'Varid ."' : that as the chairman had explained the'posi- , : won.; the;subject- was'not ' further.-- 7 ..-.''.•:■••*;>■.; ; :';.'-'---;)-::-. , :vv : ;; ; AUCKLAND HOTEL?; ! .'.-'-■: '.-'■;:;■": '■;.H.. Auckland,: January i 2 ; ■At. a meeting 'of- the temperance party ' held tornight it was decided to support thV candidature;of the members of the presentluoensing' Committee, at the ' forthcoming ' election. .The. chairman. (Mr. Robert' French) ■' stated that each of the members'had pledged \ himself .to givo effect ,to a 25 per cent, reduci tiori in the number of licensed houses in i Auckland if elected. ' . UNIVERSITY SENATE. -Auckland,; January 12. i The annual-meeting of the Senate of -the University-of-New'Zealand will be opened at the Auckland University College on Wednesday, January 20. The Seriate will eit in the locture-room, which was the old Provincial Council Chamber, and also the room where the New Zealand House of Representatives first met in 1854. It is expected that the session will last about a fortnight. NEWS IN BRIEF. ' '"■"-■ Dunedln, January'l2. Mr. James Allen's election expenses in the Bruce contest have v been returned at £156. t Auckland) January 11. i An elc!erly man named William Monaghan was committed for trial to-day on a charge i of perjury arising out of the "hearing of an I action for slander brought against him last I month. s [ Dunedln, January 11. I afl early hour this morning the Victoria Hotel, at plenore, near Milton, was totally destroyed by fire. Tho building, which, ■.was erected in 1862, was owned and occupied by Mrs. Stenhonso as publichouse, store, post office, and telephone office. Tho outbreak was discovered about 3.30, having apparently originated in the parlour. The inmates, foui 'in number, had to make a hurried exit. Verj little was saved. The building was insured - for £250 and the stock for £350, but the owner is understood to be a. heavy loser. All the mail and postal matter in the building , was destroyed, and, the Mount Stuart Roaa Board, which used portion of tho building as • i offices, lost many survey records, maps, etc.