FELLOWS ELECTED

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 12

FELLOWS ELECTED

Institute of Horticulture Conference LORD BLEDISLOE’S WORK By Telegraph. —Press Association. Dunedin, January 21. At Hie annual meeting of Hie Institute of Horticulture to-day .Mr. F. J. Nathan was unanimously re-elected president of Hie institute for the ensuing year, and, with the addition of Mr.’.L A.’ McPherson (Canterbury Hie' following vice-presidents were reelected: Messrs. T. L. Lancaster (Auckland I, F. E. Smith (Hawke’s Bay). J. G. MacKenzie (Wellington), P. Black (Palmerston North), T. Bigg (Nelson), D Tantiock (Otago) and Sir Robert Anderson. C.M.G. (Southland). The following executive committee was elected: Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Professor 11. B. Kirk. Messrs. J. A. Campbell T Waugh. H. Baillie. Dr. W. R. B. Oliver, Messrs. F. S. Pope, W. U. Hvde, W. T. Goodwin, W. S. Mason, G.' A.'Green, B. C. Aston, T. C. Brash, A. 11. Cockayne. 11. J. Poole and F. J. Shanks. 'J’he conference' passed the following remit unanimously: “That the institute expresses its appreciation to the Governor-General, I,ord Bledisloe, lor his splendid services toward the advancement of horticulture and forestry during his term of office.” The executive was instructed to nta.ke every endeavour to have copies of Lord Bledisloe’s address at the Arbor Day commemoration at Wellington College, aud also liis speech to the Forestry League, circulated among members. Mr. J. G. MacKenzie (Wellington) said that if they lived to lie 100 they would probably never see a GovernorGeneral who would deliver such an inspiring and informative address. Dr. Cockayne Memorial. The ballot in connection with the election of honorary fellows resulted as follows: Mr. C.-S. Longuet (Invercargill). Dr. J. G. Willis (London) and Sir Frederick Moore (Dublin) as overseas fellows. It was decided that the executive should give consideration to the advisability of establishing a prize or scholarship to be known as Hie Dr. 'Leonard Cockayne Memorial Prize, to lie competed formnnually among N.D.11. (N.Z.) candidates or among trainees in horticulture. The executive was also instructed to go into the question of making available further institute challenge cups for competition at horticultural shows.