PROFESSOR VON ZEYDLITZ.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1919, Page 5

PROFESSOR VON ZEYDLITZ.

REPORT TOO "PREVIOUS.'! By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The report that a proposal to reappoint Professor von Zedlitz to the chair of modem lunguivgeg at Victoria College bad been before the college council was mentioned at a meeting of the council to-night. A motion was carried' placing on record ihe council's regret that matters discussed in committee of the council last month were given to the press in unfair form and were published without having the report continued by the chairman of the council. The registrar stated that he had received letters from three branches of the Returned Soldiers' Association protesting against the reported intention of the council to re-appoint Professor von Zedlitz. The branches appeared to have communicated with tho Minister for Defence, who had written to the council asking to bo informed what action the council proposed to take with reference to Professor von Zedlitz.

Sir Robert Stout- We hare not taken any action. You had better reply that the subject had not yet been considered by the council. *Prnf?wor Huntor: Would it not M hotter to say exactly what had been done? The council has .called for applications for the chair of modern languages in New Zealand, Australia, and England, and has done nothing else. Sir Robert Stout: That is all we have done. The Auckland papers had it that I had made a proposal to reappoint Professor von Zedlitz. The registrar was instructed to reply to Sir James Allen that the council had merely called for applications M t**| chair.