Another University?

He acknowledged the grave need for better student amenities in most colleges, and did not discount the possibility of a new University in the Waikato within the forseeable future; Cambridge and Hamilton had been suggested as sites.

But, said the Minister, he did not like to see the Universities leaving the cities; it was a pity Canterbury College had decided to move out of town, and he was pleased VUC showed no likelihood of doing likewise.

Within 48 hours he had flown to Auckland and after discussion with AUC Council members heard their final verdict concerning the future of that college; after decades of wrangling by the authorities it would stay on and develop its present site.

Hon. R. M. Algie . . . gondolas and chicken-bones