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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 6

Tho Mayor of Palmerston has received a letter from Die Pnliialua Counly Council with reference to the delay in carrying out the repairs to the Upper Gorge Bridge. The County Council states that the work, which has been held up for (lirec mouths on account of the shortjiko of suitable timber, would be proceeded with immediately. Tho Counly Council also states .that il. is proposed lo place longitudinal runners on fhe bridge, with the object of deadening (lie rattle and vibration of the structure, which ieenis to be the main caus'j tor complainl. The announcement thai. Dr. John Joly, Professor of Geology autl .Mineralogy, has been elected n Fellow of Trinity, will give pleasure to all who are acquainted with his scientific attainments, his wise judgments, and his social qualities. It may prove also lo murk an era. in the history of the University, for Professor Joly is the first Fellow tor over two hundred years whose appointment has been made without an examination.—Tho "Guardian." King Alfonso discussed labour questions' with several workers at a distribution of prizes to members of the Railwayman's • Association in Madrid.