"Shall L. refer to him as Prof, as Dr., as Jimmy or Bill, or can I, in view of his part achievements, relying on the doctrine of estoppel, just refer to him as 'the fraud," he being an expert on this branch of the Law?"

So opened Mr. A. T. S. McGhie, when proposing the toast of "Our Guest" at the dinner of welcome accorded by the Law Faculty Club to Professor Williams, our new Professor of English and New Zealand Law. The opening is typical of the friendly spirit which pervaded the gathering of Professors, members of the Bar, and students who met "in informal dress" to dine and drink beer at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel.

Under the keen eye of Professors Adamson and Rankine Brown, Mr. J. C. White, in the chair, managed to propose the loyal toast and, being the first toast of the evening, it was drunk with evident satisfaction.