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Temuka Leader, Issue 1566, 9 April 1887, Page 1

It has been decided to establish a per« maneat memorial of the Queen’s Jubilee at Auckland,

At a meeting of the Presbytery at Dunedin on Tuesday permission was granted to the First Church to use instrumental music, and a protest made against it was disallowed. ** Rough on Rats.”— (Bears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ant?, bed-bugs, bsetlee, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gopher), At Ohjmiits and Druggists, Kompthorne, ProssirA Agents. Christchurch. I * ?Information has been received at Dunedin that Mr J. W. Salmond, who went Homo as holder of the Gilchrist Scholarship, has passed his L.L.B. degree at London University, coming out with first honors out of 36 candidates.

A Wellington cab driver named John McCormick fell from liia cab on Tuesday night, and was so seriously injured that he died on Wednesday evening. “ Buohu-PalßA,’’—Quick, complete jupo l ! all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary diseases. At Chemists and Druggists. Kempthorno, Pressor & Co., Agents, Christchurch. I

The cartbridge, 800 f«eb long, over the rivors Motueka and Motupiku at their junction, and on the main road to the West Coast, was formally opened on Tuesday. Cubed of Drineing,— ’■ A young friend of mine was cured ot an insatiable thirst for liquor, that had so prostrated his system that be wrs unable to do any business. He was entirely cured by the use of Am. Co s Hop Bitters, It allayed all that burning thint, took away the appetite for liquor, made his nerves steady, and be has remained a sober and steady man for more than two years, and has no desire to return to his cups.” —From a leading R.R, Official. The annual meeting of the Wellington and Manawstu Railway Company was held on Wednesday, The Chairman said the result showed a not interest of £5 3s 6d per cent, on the total cost of the railway, its equipment, etc. The report was adopted. It was decided to give the engineer, Mr S. Higgiuson, a boons equal to six months’ salary. An instance of ptompt justice occurred at Wellington on Monday morning. At 10.45, a fireman named John Res?, of the s.a. Aaikoura, jumped into the hold and smashed the nose of the second officer, against whom he had a grudge. He also tried to kick the Captain. He was put in irons and taken up to Court at 11.45. Ho received three months’ imprisonment with bard labor,