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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9110, 1 April 1908, Page 5

The following have been reelected without opposition to the Victoria College Council:—Dr. Knight (Parliamentary representative), Messrs E. P. Wilson (Graduates’ representative); R. McOallum (Education Board representative); H. D. Bell (Professorial representative), and the Rev. W. A. Evans (Teachers’ representative).. The birth rate in Wellington during the past quarter was higher than in any quarter in the history of the city. The number of births for the period was 520, the figures for the month ending yesterday being 163. During the first three months of the present year 266 marriages were celebrated in Wellington (85 for March) and there were 190 deaths, 81 of which occurred during the third month.

Mr W. Thompson, for 24 years on the head staff of the Public Works Department, finishing with the position of Chief Land Purchase Officer, is retiring upon superannuation. Yesterday his fellow officers presented him with gifts. Appreciative references to the new superannuation scheme were made by Mr H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for the Public Woiks, and others.

Saturday’s night’s earthquake, says the Post, shocked the Opera House audience. The people on the stage looked round apprehensively; some people in the theatre stirred in their seats; there were cries of “Sit down” —and the play paused for two heart-beats. Many of the audience did not know what had happened, and the dress-circle craned to look over at the scene of slight disturbance in the {pit. Then somebody’s apt and raucous voice shouted “It’s only another New Zealander. Take no notice of him” There was a laugh ; a relaxation of tension; and the “Mummy” proceeded to circumvent the wicked “Humming Bird” according to cue. At a .meeting of the Auckland province cl the No-license Council last night the following resolutions were carried: —“That this Council view with satisfaction the official declarations signed by the Mayor and 100 professional men of Invercargill testifying to the success of No-license in that city, plainly indicates that Invercargill’s experiment may be safely followed by other electorates In the Dominion, and the Council expresses its belief that the official statement Will effectively contradict, if not stop, the false reports circulated by interested persons to discredit the ho-license movement.

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