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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 4. March 26 1968

Exec. Proposal Opposed — Varsity bookshop

Exec. Proposal Opposed

Varsity bookshop

Chris Robertson

Chris Robertson

Prospects of a bookshop adjacent to Varsity are now slim.

Sweet & Maxwells, the University Bookshop, applied to the City Council last year to have a property in Kelburn Parade zoned commercial so that it could establish a bookshop on the premises.

The application was declined.

An appeal to the Town and Country Planning Appeal Board has also been declined.

"I do not feel bound by the views of the Students' Association,' said Mr. C. J. Robertson, who, as a former President of the Association, is a member of the Student Union Management Committee.

Mr. Robertson, with two other Students' Association representatives on the committee, John McGrath and Hugh Rennie, was appearing before a meeting of Executive last Thursday.

They had been invited by the acting president, Dan Bradshaw, after Executive's adoption of a proposal to increase Students' Association representation on the committee.

Mr. Robertson said the University, as a result of such an increase, might decline to continue as a 50-50 partner with the Association in financing the Student Union Building.

"The Students' Association already has a big majority on the Management Committee," he said.

The International Affairs Officer, Gerard Guthrie, pointed out that only six of the 13 committee members were Students' Association appointees.

These six, with the past president, gave the Association a small, theoretical majority.

Hugh Rennie disclosed that he had been asked by Dan Bradshaw to resign from the committee.

Because of the changed Association year, none of the committee members were appointed by the present Executive.

"I asked Dan if he had no confidence in me," Hugh went on. "He replied: 'No. It's just that you don't understand."

Executive decided to set up a subcommittee to document its case for increased representation on the Student Union Management Committee, prior to bringing the case before the University Council.