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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1624, 4 March 1884, Page 2

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(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) COLONIAL PRIZE-FIRING. RiFiE Camp, Monday. 7 • 'The weather is fine again to-day. The following are'the twenty to fire for the Union Steam Shipping Co.'s Cup : Churton (Wanganui), Gill (Thames), Foster (Wanganui), Purneel (Wanganui), A. A. Modt (Wangaui), Hughes- (Wanganui), F. France (Wellington), Webb (Wellington), Ross (Napier), Poynter (Nelson), A, Thomas (Thames), HofFmes- (Wellington), Leevens (Wellington), Stilt (Wanganui), Williams (Wellington), Williams (Napier), Harding (Otago), Perry (Wanganui), Wratt (Nelson). , ;

OfIRiSTCnDBOfI, Monday. The first meeting of the Convocation of New Zealand University was held on Saturday last, Mr P. S. Hay, M.A, presiding. Mr P. Pitchett was unanimously elected a member of Seriate.,; A motion was carried recommending that the annual, .meeting of Convocation should be held, and that next meeting take" place "at Diinedin, and that a petition be presented to Parliament asking that cho University should be allowed, a representative in Legislature, A. motion that term of office of members of Senate should be limited to five years was negatived and a motion that <u£ eundern. graduates be not admitted to convention. : This session was withdrawn affcer discussion. i . Mi^ON,'Monday. -Major Willis,.formerly {M',H,R,.:for Kangitikei, ; died on Saturday night,