BRIEF MENTION.

Evening Star, Issue 8717, 8 January 1892, Page 4

BRIEF MENTION.

The excess of arrivals in the oniony over departures for December was 1,056. The total sum to the credit of the Auckland branch of the H.A.0.8. Society Is L 2.514, Mr W. Doran has been re-eleoted president of the branch. Sir W. Fox and Mr T. W, Glover will attend the Conference of the Temperance Alliance to be held in Dunedin next week. The officers of the Dunedin Orchestral Society for next year are—Mr J. R. Morris, president (re-eleoted); Mr S. N. Muir, hon. secretary (re-eleoted); Mr A. A. Finch, hon, treasurer, vice Mr Angus, resigned; and Messrs Catohpole, Sooullar, Feltham, Muir, J. Coombs, Finch, and Walton, managing committee. Mr James Coombs is conductor.

At the last meeting of the Professorial Board, it was agreed to confer the associateship of the Otago School of Mines on three students—Messrs F, B, Allen, M.A-. A. Purdie, M.A., and R. H. Walcott. At the meeting at Christchurch on Tuesday next of the University Convocation, three candidates—Professor Haslam and Mr L. Cohen (of Christchurch) and Mr W. D. Milne (of Dunedin) —will be proposed for the vacancy on the Senate of the University. Mr A. R. Barclay, who had announced his candidature, has retired in favor of Mr Milne.

During the month of December the estates of persons deceased placed under the charge of the Public Trustee numbered no leas than thirty-seven. This is the largest business yet transacted in any one month, and is double that of the corresponding month of last year.

At a meeting of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council, a telegram received from the secretary of the Auckland Liberal Association, suggesting that Sir George Grey should be nominated as Governor of the colony, was taken Into consideration. After some discussion, the following resolution was carried : —“ That this Council cannot ses their way at present to express an opinion as to the adviaableness of the appointment of Sir G, Grey as Governor of New Zealand.”

The Coal Miners’ Delegate Board of IJew South Wales have decided to take a ballot of all miners on the question of the present dispute. The decision will not be known till next week. The Lambton miners unanimously passed a resolution, which was sen]: to the other branches, giving fourteen days’ notice of their intention to increase the present hewing rate by 4d from the Ist February. The Delegate Board have approved of the action of the West Wallsend miners in resisting the reduction, and have granted the men strike pay.

Three men were charged by the police at the Thames yesterday with conduct and with refusing to leave a hotel on Christmas at two o’clock in the morning. The charge, which was laid under the Licensing Act, was dismissed by the Justices (after consultation with the Resident Magistrate) on the ground tba f , the alleged offence having been committed out of licensed hours, the hotel was for the time being a private dwelling.