Show I James Shorten Is Secretary The governing board of the mining exchange yesterday afternoon met and elected a secretary which duty was passed at the annual meeting some weeks ago agoo The position was awarded to James Shorten who was marker on call for a long time and more recently has been acting secretary and keeping the record of sales the board marking has been performed perform d by Fred Nightingale who is retained and the present system m of recording sales will be continued The advancement of Mr Shorten is universally acknowledged I to be meritorious His salary was yes yesterday yesterday fixed at 60 a month |