DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

COAL IMPORTS. By Telegiaph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Hon. A. M. Myers states that the importation of coal from Australia this month will be 50,000 tons.' lie think* tin; difficulty is regard to coal trucks on the ralways lias been overcome. ANNUAL SESSION OF UNIVERSITY SENATE. Clfristchurch, Last Night. The New Zealand University Senats commenced its annual session to'day. The report of the Chancellor (Sir Robert , :t) referred to the effect of the war on th'j University, which had lost many of the ablest and most heroic youths. He hoped a record of the graduates hwt students who gave their lives for their country would be preserved. Ho stated the reasons for having an external examiner, saying that the officer really performed the duties of an information bureau for state purposes. If the control of examinations wa s taken from the Senate its main function ceased. The Semite should consider whether a change should be made in the subjects for senior scholarships. There had been a great falling off in the number oi ' students studying the German language. Without raising the question of the conduct of Germans during the war, the Senate ought to consider the number of students desirous ,of taking this sunjeet. He urged the establishment of popular Saturday lectures, by Professors, for the benefit of the public, also practical lectures on public health ana other subjects. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. ChrisU'hurch, last Night. The Presbyterian General Assembly opened to night. The Moderator, Rev VV. Gray Dixon, in his inaugural addre»3 sub-titled "Tie Universal Crisis and the Universal Church," said the leading statesmen of the world are at present discussing the! question of the reconstruction of the world after the war. Whai appeius on face of it a \ery noble idea, that of the League of Nations, has been approved by them, but even if some beneliiient scheme of international brotherhood is formulated and accepted, who iu to guarantee it observance, and what safeguard is forthcoming against one or more of ths contracting parties treating it as a mere scrap of paper? When the Abbe de Sant Pierre submitted to Cardinal Henry his ''projet as naix jerpetuolle," the shrewd critic replied: "Admirable, save for one on»«sior. 1 iiiid no provision for sending Missionaries to convert the hearts of prices. Who is to supply this omission but the Church? The: Supernational Authority, wliieli is to crown nationalism and intemationalsm is found in the message of the heart of renovation which'is brought from God to the International Church."