SEAMEN’S INSTITUTE AT PORT CHALMERS.

Evening Star, Issue 4003, 23 December 1875, Page 2

SEAMEN’S INSTITUTE AT PORT CHALMERS.

A pu.hc m-eting was lmld at ' VManore’s Asgemoly Rooms last ev enmg for tlm purpose of considering ti.e (jiu-oi a „f cdnblishiug a B-ameas mstiuit- at IVu Chaim. vs, and to ekct a coimu titc, The. Ma> or occupied tho clmv Ihe i»r u-c. dings wove tame throughout, very little interest being displayed owitm to the paucity of the attei ounce. It was at first proposed -o adjourn the meeting, but after tvaitin:: half a hour the number of those present con-ideiably iiio eased and the busi'ess commenced Ic dm; b. amounted to electing the to lowing com...in e :~Tlie. Mayor (president) ; Messrs Joyce, Elder, M'Dermid, Oliver. I)r nrysd il ■, <‘apt .in Eog.n, with all the icsident ministers, and Mr C. deL. Oraham as secretary. The commiitoe were elected in a lump as proposed by Mr Elder. Upon certain suggestions offered by the Rev. Mr Isitt by letter, be being unavoidably absent a conversational discussion ensued, during which Mr Ehkr exp! lined that the institute was not a Sailors’ Home, bir merely a place of resort wli ne the se mem could write letters, smoke read, fire,; whereupon Mr .'Murray pertinently observed that, excepting the smoking, tevneu oould do all that atth*? Mechanics’ Institute, A vote of thanks to the cnair brought the proceedings to a close.