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Temuka Leader, Issue 2528, 13 July 1893, Page 3

DivoitCE.—ln the Divorce Court. Wellington, on Monday afternoon, the case of ° Wigg v. Wigcr was dealt wi £ The petitioner. Alice Maul Wigg. sought a dissolution of her marriage with Walter Joseph Wigg, on the ground ol' cruelty and desertion. The evidcuoe showed that the parties were married in Auckland in 1880, and that the husband deserted his wife at Waikomaiti in ISSS, and that he is now living at Hastings with another woman. A decree nixi. was granted, In the Divorce Court, Dunedin, on Monday, m the suit of Nicoll v. Nicoll and MaoXeil, the jury gave a verdict of £2,">o damages, and a decree nisi- was granted. The evidence showed that the co-respondent travelled to and from Australia with respondent. Hearing rumours concerning his wife, petitioner pretended that he was proceeding to the Heads, as he frequently did, but instead of going he returned to his own house late ub nijrht, and found MaoNeil there with his wife. A struggle ensued. , was kicked, out and ke left Uuu-

c din a few days later. Costs were given 'Gainst Mac Neil, the allocation of damages a nd the wife's costs to stand over. Sporting. —At the conference of Metropolitan Jock ay Clubs at Wellington, the resolutions pnssed by the country clubs conference, which was held at Ashburton, were received. It was resolved that the country clubs be represented at future conferences ; that a conference of jockey clubs be held annually, and that all resolutions adopted at the conference shall take effect without further notice to individual clubs, provided that such resolutions are supported by not less than three-fourths of the voting power present. The election of representatives of country clubs is to be conducted by the Metropolitan Clubs, and the election for the combined district of Nelson, Marlborough, and G-reymouth, is to be conducted by the Nelson Club. It was resolved that it was advisable to publish the New Zealand Stud Book under the supervision of the conference of the New Zealand Jockey Clubs, and a regulation guiding the publication was resolved on. It was resolved that rule 22 of the totalisator be struck out and the following added to rule 14 :—After the word " commission "in the second line " less amount of State tax," the amendment to take effect after August Ist; that the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case Robinson v. the Town and Suburban Racing Club be distributed among the clubs ; that the decisiou of the conference to reduce the number of meetings at which the totalisator could be used had been impeded by the use of the totalisator having been granted to meetings, the promoters of which had failed to comply with the conditions provided for a reduction in the number of meetings. Coptain Russell, the chairman, was asked to write to the Government <jn the matter. The other resolutions were either of minor importance, or were rejected.—At the Wellington Steeplechase meeting on Monday, the Trial Steeplechase was won by Union Jack, the Hurdle Race by Unity (dividend £2(5 9s), Hack Hurdles by Puman, Steeplechase by Victrix, Ladies Bracelet by St. Anthony, Selling Hurdles by Lord John, High Weight Welter by The Idler. £3477 was put through the totalisator, £329 less than last year. The best medicine known is Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and acoidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, &c, diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospital and medical clinics all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty tho King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved artfcle and reject all others.