In almost no time the annual report and balance-sheet were approved. Minor corrections were necessary in places but most people had little to quarrel with and even those who asked questions seemed satisfied with the replies.

Questions and Answer

Bursaries: Mr. Piper set the ball rolling by asking what, if anything, has happened to the Curious Cove resolution to do something about bursaries. Chairman O'Brien (K.B.) said that the matter had gone to NZUSA which had twice written to the Minister of Education without any results, but he thought that the recent protest by the College Council ("unheard of") may produce belated results.

Emergency Regulations: Mr. Erle Robinson was concerned to know just what was the legal advice which the executive received when it permitted the watersiders to address students only if they confined themselves to the Regulations. The legal letter was read and nothing more was heard.

It was at this stage that Mr. Sheat deplored the callous attitude of the executive towards the cat—particularly in view of its condition, although he did not wish to suggest that the executive was responsible for that too. Animal lover Sheat went home happy. The cat, said the chairman, had a good home.

The Sharma Case: Although there has been no reply from the Minister this has not been forgotten Kevin O'Brien told Doug Foy.

The question of the lyrics of Extravaganza not being printed in Cappicade came up again and Paul Cotton explained to various people why (mainly a question of cash it seems) and Ashton Cook strengthened the case by relying on Mr. Cohen's annual despair which involved Cappicade in a great indecision. Fortunately the sceptics were convinced by Mr. K. B. O'Brien who was willing to testify that the producer's despair reached its lowest level yet.

Asides . . .

Mr. Piper: "The Socialist Club decided to write to Mr. Barnes."

Interjection: Shame!

The Chairman: "I see no reason why I should reveal the private movements of Professor Williams."

The Mass: Ohh!

Mr. Beaglehole and Mr. K. B. O'Brien were together in their view that the Common [unclear: Common] room should be one thing or the other, but preferably not a Common common room.

No representatives of the Sporting Clubs backed them up. Nobody seemed interested.

Constitutional Clean-Up

The Constitution, so long a battered and much written on document, may soon be printed; mainly as the result of a series of motions of very little profundity which took nearly half an hour.

Most important among these was the decision to increase the number of fencing blues from four to six and award blues to Ray Michael and I. Bennett.

Money! Money! Money!

The resolution which raised the Students Association fee to £2/5/encountered little opposition even from the usually oppositions. It did cause a great deal of talking by way of explanation.

We were cheered to think that we now have the highest fee in New Zealand but the lowest in Australia, but anyway we shall have to pay £2/5/-.

David Walsh, in imitation monk's habit, took up the cudgels to defend Mr. O'Brien's (we almost said budget) but as Dave himself put it "not quite in the way Mr. O'Brien expects but as a protest against a Prime Minister who won an election a year ago with the promise to make the pound . . ." very loud cheers (boos?) drowned the fate of the pound.

And Money Yet Again

"The Cafeteria has been the subject of more motions . . . . . "

"Order!"

By this time the scheme for diverting money from the Building Fund allocation was under fire and the loss in the cafeteria last year received part of the blame. The cafeteria is now happily out of the association's hands.

Messrs. Foy, Piper, Robinson and Keesing all opposed this motion but failed to suggest schemes for raising the necessary money. Apart from this fact their enthusiasm for the new building was no less and no more than anybody else's.

Messrs, Cook, Curtin and Horsley seemed convinced that enthusiasm would not die.

The motion was passed. It was then 10.35 p.m.

Mainly Political

Five motions were postponed for discussion at another meeting to be called in three weeks. This included a motion to change the method of electing the executive representative on the College Council.

Motions to come cover: Affiliation with IUS, affiliation with the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Peace Council, a protest at the ban ning of the Soviet film "For World Peace," a motion to endorse the N.Z Student Labour Federation's bursary proposals and a motion that the association append its name to the appeal of the World Peace Council for a Five-Power Peace Pact.

General Business

General business was only notable for this:

"I move that Mr. Curtin's scarf be removed."

Mr. Free: I move that Mr. Curtin's scarf be tightened.

Tributes

Mr. McIntyre thanked Mr. Mason, the Association's accountant for reducing his fee as soon as the cafeteria was removed from his care.

Mr. Milburn thanked the retiring president, Mr. K. B. O'Brien, for his work for the association during the last three years, to which deserved tribute the president replied before ho announced the new executive.

Club Grants

T.H.H.