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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20116, 9 December 1939, Page 2

H A Battery Works Hard s In a modern car the Self--55 Starter, Ignition, Head-lights, 2 Parking-lights, Tail-light, In--3 terior Lights, Radio, etc., all 3 derive their power from the 3 battery. 3 Powerful Endur--3 ing Batteries 35 that will supply this heavy 3 demand for power unfalter--3 ingly can be purchased here. Redstone Motors Ltd, (GREY ST. Box 179. ’Phone 470} DANCE DANCE ORANGE HALL TUESDAY, 12th Dec., 8 p.m. Combined P.B. Ladies' and United Cricket Clubs. Mrs. Thomson's Orchestra. Ladies 1/6. Gentlemen 2/-. 452 CENTRAL CALF PARADE SHOWGROUNDS 11 a.m. WEDNESDAY, 13th Dec. Classes tor Grade Calves, Short and Long Wool Pet Lambs. Admission: Adults 1/-, Children free. Lunch can be obtained on the Grounds. W. E CHAMBERLAIN, Hon. Sec. 395 GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VETERINARY STUDENTS. THE, New Zealand Government has decided to grant for 1940 five veterinary scholarships, eacli £IOO per annum, with the addition, in the case of students entering the Sydney University Veterinary School, of an annual return fare between New Zealand and Australia. The scholarship extends to students desiring to train at a Veterinary College in the United Kingdom, but in this case no transport allowance is granted. Intending applicants must have passed the University Entrance Examination, and preference will be given to those who have passed the Medical Intermediate Examination (or its equivalent in the required subjects—Zoology, Botany, Physics, and Organic and Inorganic Chemistry). The scholarships are tenable lor five years for students entering the Sydney University Veterinary School, with a reduction to four years in the case of those students whose qualifications j" certain subjects entitle them to remission of the first year’s course. The duration of the scholarship for students training in the United Kingdom is five years, with a reduction to four in similar circumstances. Students attending the Sydney School will be required to undertake practical training in veterinary work in New Zealand to the satisfaction of the .Department of Agriculture during the three months’ annual vacation. Successful applicants will be required to enter into an agreement with the Government that they will undertake veterinary work within the Dominion for a period of at least five years after qualifying, either in the services oC the Department of Agriculture, if required, or otherwise in some capacity approved by the Department of Agriculture. In the selection' of candidates, in addition to the necessary educational qualifieaions, experience in connection with live-stock will be regarded as important. The first session at the Sydney Veterinary School commences in March, 3 940; and in the ease of Colleges in the United Kingdom in October, 1940. Applications. addressed to the Director-General. Department of Agriculture,.Wellington, giving particulars of experience, age, and of examinations passed, will he received up to noon on Monday, 15th January, 1940. ' 279

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