NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(Bj Toloiraph.-PreM.it»isi»tloiiJ '•. a ■— ■- —. PUBLIC HEALTH AND BACTERIOLOGY. '■',■■■.■■'- Dunedin, October 8. Ax a meeting of the Dnwersity Council in ad cordance with the request, the medical facultj the following recommendation:."That thi teaching of, public health and bacteriology. . practical and theoretical, bo rearranged; thai' both, subjects bo severed from their connection , with tho present Chairs of medical jurisprudent* and pathology, and placed under a now lecturci who shall also act as Government Bacteriologist ' and public health officer. The recommendaton '■■■■ was discussed in comraitteo, and was adopted. " A copy is to be forwarded to Mr.'. James Allen to bring under tho nofoo of Dr. Vaimtine. £2000 FOR CHRIST'S COLLEGE. Christchurch, October 8. : Robert Rhodes,' of BluecliiFs, presidont of tho Old-Boys' Association, has donated £2000 to Chrises College. One quarter of the income therefrom is to bo devoted to fostering the sports and gamesof the school,-and particularly for providing a prize for the hurdlo Efce, instituted by Mr. Rhodes when he was a Indent at the-oaUego. ■~,.. .' . . . v ;.i ~-■■ ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPB. -_. ■ Dunedin, October-B.' .TheOtagoCentresuggests the second weebin lebroary for 'amateur athletio championships at Auckland neit^car. . GRAIN SHIPPERS PACIFtED! ' , . ~' Dunedin,"Ocfoocr 8.; . An_underßtanding.has been arrived.at between the Harbour Board and the 6Mppetß of grain. As a consequence the RfcshiTo .will load at Dunedin wharf instead of. at Port'Chalmers. CYCLE ROAD RACE, ' ' i - .' . Christchurch,.October^ t Entries'for theoycling road race, Timaruta. • Christchurch, on October SO, now number'• 176., All parts of New Zealand will be represented. swcide; ' • / : ; ; . Resftoo, October 8. .. A.young man, aged.23, named JDavid Grigs, blew his head off in. his hat at Blackspoint thai .afternoon, leaving a note asking tows buried ■.:.:' respectably. No cause is assigned.' Deceased had beendespondont for a couple-ofidays..,; ... . NEWSPAPER PURCHASEa'; , v • Oaraaru, October B.' The "Oamaru Mail" states thai thoHon. & Jones has purchased the old-established Inver. '•■ cargill paper the "Southland News," which will '■"''■/ be under the literary management'of his son, :'.' Mr. W.'J.'Jones. - .-. ■ ■ .■'•..'.■■ ■ ~,< ;