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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 769, 18 March 1910, Page 5

The new wing of Victoria College, containing two new class rooms, a common room, a gowning room, and a tea or reception room, is almost finished, and the Finance Committee reported to the College Council on Wednesday night that it was anxious to obtain tho balance of the promised contributions. It asked that any members of the council who had promised subscriptions outstanding should endeavour to get them in without delay. The chairman explained that the promised contributions amounted to .£772, of which .£661 had been actually received. The secretary stated, that in addition two of the professors had ,£75, which would .be paid in immediately. The'expenditure on the work' was .£2505 6s. 6d., towards which there were the Government subsidy of .£IOOO and the amount of MGI already mentioned. The secretary was asked to give a reminder to those whoso promised contributions have not yet been received.

Mr. David Macgregor, of ICielawarra, Hunterville, had, on Friday, 1 a most remarkable experience, says the Woodville "Etnmincr." At his farm, bis brother, Mr. John Macgregor,. of Auchmore, had some years ago. spanned the Tnrakina River with o suspension bridge. The river at this place runs in a gorge or chasm about a hundred feet in width, and the altitude of the bridge above the water level somewhat exceeds these figures. This bridge was constructed for wheel traffic and was a remarkable instanco of well-directed enterprise and ingenuity. On I'ridny Mr. David Macgregor, accompanied by his overseer, was driving n large-number of valuable Romney rams-over tho bridge when some part of the structure—one of the cables, probably, which bad been tested up to ninety tons—slipped, and (he bridge fell over on iti side, precipitating all the sheep into the river, a depth of a hundred feet. Bj .a most remarkable' coincidence, just at this ini.'-v'mt neither Mr;' Macgregor nor his atttijanfc were on the bridge.