THE JONES' GIRL IN BUCK AND WHITE Jacqui Chan, Menzies declares his friend, Who lost her man, Dr. Verwoerd, Has come here to seek con­ solation. Ai&jMi|ijeJt-[pLpHugjitJb Has been improperly slurred. But her skirts with those But Macmitlan instead splits Of cor^curring has said, Whenever she sits, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE U.q.U. NEWSPAPER "Verwoerd's an Should promote a further relation. T D." ERSITY • Wednesday, Marcli 29, 1961 fr/Sn^^y'Vt'aV f%'^ic'aT Volume 31, No. 2 | T COllOL PASSES NO CONFIDENCE MOTION IN PRESIDENT Tlie second meeting of the 50th Council itosscd n motitin of no confhlencc In (he President of the Union Obituary Mr. Nick Claris, Tlic vote wa.s carried by 25 votes to 13. The motion wus iircciplUUcd by iiltcgatlon.s that Prestacnt Clark had aliu.scd his iwwcrs In his handling of the Union's finjincos. "Semper Floreat," on beh.ilf of the University of The aUcgatlons were made by tho St. Lucliv Vice-Prealdent (Evening) Sir. II. Htilnie,, who read full details Queensland Union, wishes to extend its sympathies to of documents in supiwrt of hiii cliargcs. Tlicsc charges were, tliat President Clark had: the widow and family, friends and relatives of Pro­ 1.—".Secured for a period of six weeks a loan of £I1I)/1«/- from Union I-^mds" which Hulnic .'yild vlolatnl fessor Ross Anderson on his demise. Section 13 or tho Constitution—"A'o money jSlwUl he lent by tlic t'nlan to any of its meinltors." 2.—Incurred expenses in the Kefcctory for meals, cigarettes and grrMCilcs, Professor Anderson w.-is born December 11, 1917, ».—Taken an Jdr trip to Sydney which he could not justify. at Fremantle. He spent the early part of his h'fe in 4.—Hired a "Drlve-Yoursclf-Car" for the X.U.A.U.S. meeting at Armidale wliich wa.s ctmtrary to Union Western Australia, and in 1938 he graduated in Law policy because of Its extravagance. with First Class Honours nt the University of Western At the second session and the latter half of tho first, Australia. He was the West Australian Rhodes Scholar Clark presented his replies to the allegatlona. Tho gcnciiU for that year. case put by him was that lie considered it just that hon­ From 1938 to W'lO he studied at Oxford, where he orary office bearers should. receive rclmbursomcnt for graduated B.A. in Jurisprudence with First Class Honours. their out-ot-pockct expenses since . His studies at Oxford were curtailed by the War, and he The no.^t point I wish to make is the basic point joined the 3rd Field Regiment in Western Australia. of my address at\d it goes down to an analysis of the He served in field artillery for the greater part of question of reimbursement of Union office holders for the war, becoming a commissioned Lieutenant in 1942, How­ out-of-pocket expenses incurred hy them in con­ ever, for 18 months he was seconded as Air Liaison Officer in nection with their duties . this Union requires New Guinea, attached fo U.S.A.A.F. and then to 24 Squadron, much hard labour—if hard labour is the correct R.A.A.F. Ho was with this Squadron when they did close word—to keep It running. support bombing for the Australian Army In such campaigns ... it has been my declared policy . that as Shaggy Ridge and Finschafen. Then he joined the 2/7th their out-ot-pockct expenses will be met by the Union Field Regiment {9th Division) for the Tarakan campaign in return for the worlc they are doing. (Borneo). He pointed out that a course sliould occupy much of During the campaign, his Oxford degrees were conferred a student's time, that the equivalent salary bill for the on him. Professor Anderson said of this: "I claim the unique work performed by the lionorary office-bearers would distinction of my Oxford B.A. and M.A. degrees conferred on be from £4000 to £5000. He added that anyone who read mc in absentia while in action in Borneo." through the Regulations and the Constitution of tho Union During his life in Queensland, Professor Anderson has to "attempt to find out what it does in fact mean" would NICK CLARK distinguished himself in many ways. come to some "startling conclusions." In 1951 he became editor of the Queensland Law He also dealt with tho history of the Union while he He pointed out that ho had .without comment or inton- Journal and retained this position until his death. was associated with it. On this head ho said that in 1958 intcnded to refer the meeting tlonal slanting of the evl- In 1952 he became Chief Lecturer in Law, and later both the Treasurer. Mr. Hulbert. and Miss Dickinson re­ to this matter and accord- donee. Prom this, tho reader Reader in Law when the title of this position was altered. signed, the Refectory became part of the Union's admin- ingly had had it included on must draw his own conclu­ He was awarded the Nuffield Dominion Travelling Scholar­ istvatlvo structure, and the Union Building was in the the agenda of the meeting sions. ship in Social Science, in 1955, and carried out research in embryonic stages. All this, ho said, added to his duties now in session. He then pro­ Unfortunately, Semper will Administrative Law in London. and commitments. ceeded to show how, if al­ not appear until a day after He was visiting Fellow in Law at the Australian National Mr. Clark made these general remarks apparently to lowances were made for tho tlic third session of the University, and in the same year was appointed Professor of explain a document which had been tabled at the first coat of taxis to the bus ter­ nieetlnff, and much of what Public Law in the University of Queensland, the appointment session itemising the dlscmbursements to him. These dls- minal in Brisbane and to tho Is written here may bo out coming into effect fhe following year. cmbursemonts totalled £376/11/7. He also said on this University In Armidale, as of date, nut it Is Important Professor Anderson's abilities and attainments were a matter . well as meal allowances, that its readers should be considerable influence for the creation of this chair, which Now, if you will refer to the Council Minutes then the combined fares ot informed of the proceedings he was the first to occupy. you will find that tho Council charged me with tho tho delegates together with at these first two sessions Not only did he distinguish himself academically, but at rcaponslblUty of carrying out the negotiations and these costs would have been which ended with the vote of times became a controversial figure in upholding his political discussions necessary for the completion ot these roughly equal to the cost of no confidence belnp passed. convictions. buildings. the car. Tho car had also STOP PRESS In 1953 he was attacked in Parliament for publishing Ho estimated that this involved him fn spending ono carried people who were not "Pressures and Induce­ criticism of the Printers and Newspaper Bill, then before the and a half days por week ot the thirty-two week year in Union delegates, but these, ments have been made in house by Attorney-General W, Power, who felt that Queens­ tho office ot tho architect. He had to discuss nmtterfl Clark said, ho had considered order to force me to re­ land University students were "being indoctrinated with sub­ with other people engaged on tho building, such as the wore his guests as President sign. In the present cir­ versive and treasonable ideologies" because of the Professor's P.M.G. Then he was involved in loan negotiations which of the Union, and ho would being on the staff. have had to claim for them cumstances I have no in­ resulted in the Union's receiving a £20,000 fluctuating tention of doing so. It is CRITICISED GOVERNMENT overdraft. And there were also discussions with the Co­ anyway. The point was raised, however, that Clark my intention to attempt Again, last year, he criticised the Government's proposal ordinator General, tho Refectory Supervisor, and book­ to have my name cleared to pass a Bill of Rights. No doubt, his prestige both as a shop officials." All these things, he claimed, had brought had made a visit to Brisbane to address tho freshers at ad­ by a careful and impartial lawyer and as a citizen was a strong factor in bringing about benefits to the Union, but had consumed a great deal of examination of the accu­ tho withdrawal of. the proposed Bill. Ilia time. ditional cost to tho Union. Clark said It was a tradition sations that have been As well as those newspaper articles criticising Government Then he turned to the been present at a committeo of long standing that the made against me both in policy, Professor Anderson has pubiishcd numerous articles on specific charges. A propos meeting which had declared President should welcome the this Council and within Australian administrative and constitutional law. He is the of the allegation of a self- tho policy that no student first-year students. the Union concerning my author of one of the Essays on the Australiirn Constitution, and granted loan of Union money was to receive goods on ac­ Office as President and a chapter of The Government of the Australian States. ho pointed out that he had count. A question was addressed Honorary Secretary of the He died this year, on February 23.