In our report of the presentation of diplomas, the name of Mr E. D. Aubin, one of the recipients of diploma for the B.A. degree, has been lett out. Ho is absent in Jiondon pursuing his medical studies?. Our correspondent writes: The 'Kopuru Iv-i.ill is to be closed on Friday next, owing to the poor demand for kauri. ibis rather a pity that this mill, of all Others, should suffer, as it is supposed to be one of the best and cheapest cutting mills the K.T.C. possess. Tho planing machines are to continue working. A boy named Hugh Kidd, son of Mr J. Kidd, of Arapohue, Jiad his leg accidentally broken last week. (The sufferer is now doiug as well ac can be .expected. General Booth is to arrive at Hobarb ■■from the Cape on the 15th of next month, ,and he will'immediately proceed lo Mel bourne by, way of Launceston, arriving in on Friday, the ISthv On Wed '■ nesday, 23rd, ho will be at JBendigo, the ,3iexb day ab Geelong, leaving for Sydney on Ithe 25bh. After visiting New South Wales, New Zealand and Tasmania, |&c will be in Melbourne again from Novem ber 13th to the 18th, and after visiting VBallarat on the 19th he will take his de parture for Adelaide, whence he is to leave iilor India on November 25tb. : Lasb nighb, a meeting of volunteer officers the Drill-shed for the purpose ' ftof considering the ways and means of send vfng an Auckland team to compete at the ;,-firing competitions to be held at Sydney .and Melbourne next month. JMajor Skin fcner proposed, and it was carried, "That /Mb is desirable to send -over at least five '•representatives;" and it was further re eolved, on the motion of Captain liohn, "Thab all the officers of the Auckland garrison, and one non-commiasioned officer .Nfrom each corps, be appointed a committee '•'ite arrange for the raising of the necessary •funds." Major Anderson and Lieutenant- Commander Parker were appointed to in iterview the Mayor and Auckland mer chants to ask them for aspistance, and it -./was agreed that an entertainment should #>c held to help the object in view. J The Mount Albert Road Board election was a very quiefc affair. Mr W, iff. James secured 40 votes, and W. S. 