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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33, No. 3 18 March 1970

news briefs

page 5

news briefs

Biafra Relief and Sharp Eville Day

All universities have been asked to hold a Biafra Relief Day and a Sharpeville Day. The matter was raised at the NZUSA National Executive meeting on 1 march.

The President Margaret Bryson, asked Mr Bruce Stainton to organise the day at Victoria and an appeal was in fact held on March 12 and 13. All funds are to be sent to Biafra through UNICEF—the only relief organisation whose credentials are recognised by Federal Nigeria.

All-night vigils are also planned at each university for Sharpeville Day on 21 March. Margaret has asked SRC for a controller but as yet no one has come forward.

Booklets Concerning Social Problems

Students' Associations at both Canterbury and Otago Universities are to publish booklets on specific social problems.

Canterbury is to publish a booklet about abortion, contraception and related topics and Otago is to publish a booklet on mental health.

The Canterbury booklet is to be free to Canterbury students and will be on sale other campuses far about 30 cents.

The Otago booklet publishes the texts of addresses delivered at a seminar on mental health held under the auspices of NZUSA at Otago about 18 months ago. This booklet was originally to have been edited for NZUSA by Richard Fisher, NZUSA student Welfare Officer. Fisher, however failed to organise publication of the booklet. The editing will now be done by Mrs Wendy Low, a graduate in medicine, who, organised the NZUSA seminar when she was Student Welfare Officer on the Otago Executive.

The Otago booklet will be available through the Students' Association at a nominal charge.

Otago Threatens NZUSA Withdrawal

The Otago University Students' Association has threatened to withdraw its delegation from NZUSA'S Easter Council unless other constituents guarantee that their capping magazines will not be sold in Otago If Otago were to withdraw from Easter Council, NZUSA would be unable to meet.

The following telegram was received by the Executive on 3 March: Unless Formal Written Agreements are Received from Received from Auckland Massey Victoria and Canterbury Constituents Guaranteeing that their Capping Publication or Equivalent will not Repeat not be Soid South of the Waitaki River then the Otago University Students Assn will Withdraw its Delegation from Easter Council Stop Copy Sent to all above Named Stop Letter Follows Anderson Otago

Members of the Executive expressed the view that Otago's attitude amounted to blackmail. A motion to the effect that "the matter of Otago's telegram be treated with severe ignore" was only defeated on the casting vote of the Chairman, Margaret Bryson.

Paul Grocott, President of NZUSA said, when questioned by Salient that Otago would be "well advised" to attend Council. "The only hope of satisfactory agreement being reached over this matter is full discussion at Easter Council" he said.