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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1690, 3 June 1874, Page 2

Thehe wie two cases set down for hearing at the Warden's Court to-day—Punch eV. Kinsella and John Emerson v. George Rogers. .:They°-were both adjourned for a week.

- y HE President; of the Hibernian Socictyiin '- Punedin, writing fo the New Zealand Tablet, says that." thp 1T.A.C.8.5-.-ia a benefir, Bocieiy, under the iramc iiate sanction of the Church :

_ , thatit.is non-political; ; that there is nothing >' *6f b secret "nature* about iS neither ugna nor pass-words being used j.and that its meetings are open to the Pre>s. ' * A 31EETIKG- callc'd by His Worship tjhc Major. will. tie held in <!>« Acadimy )o£ Music this evening, to takcinio corsideratipn „. the question of providing boiler harbor sic- ,,; ,«6ri.hiodaljoh at the"'port. As the Council is now in session and the PnrliameiU shortly to (iFsemblp,, the present is d<i opportnjio .time, to, ask lliat fornrtliing be clone before •'the port is deserted. I•i- ;o be.hoped that Uie speakers this evening will make out' a good' case. ~ \

The ,'Academy of Music, ..Yacatpd ,by the Kennedy Family will bo^ori^liureclii^iiiight the scene of a soiree and dance in . nid ofctho -Thames .Convent' Schools. I\w Roman Catholicß of tho Thames have undertn|;en a great deal lately in school building, nnd though it cannot be said that they are niggardly in given, the handsome convert buildin Wilkjughby-Btreet and* the ..Bchoal in Walter street must have left some- debt, tp meet which, wo believe the soiree is to be held.

The third annual report of the Commissionof Government Annuities has been furnished by the Q-overnment Printer. From this we learn that for the year terminKfirig- June, last 1400 proposals for insurance" were' received, amounting to £547,890. Thirty proposals wero received for endowments, ond eoveh: for annuities. Three hundred ands nine applications for insurance were rejeetcd, which gives some indication that policies are not entertained without due regard to the nature and character of them. The number of new. premiums on insurance; was £13,858, and oh endowment, £118. To this hastto be added an amount of £2453, of eingle premiums. While: the gross annual income of the department was.thu3.increased by something like £16,4?9.;<. Only nine.claims op the fund arose during the year, and thesej only amounted tg£2BQfo iThiß department of tee Government appears to be working with the most; satisfactory results* Only oneejaim has been disputed, co far as we are aware; and that for, 4200.^ But we belityethat the necessary steps are boicg taken for its adjustment. ,T-N c Z.-Herald. „:;,•:;•-.■:; .+,_. ;,;„,;• ; .