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Temuka Leader, Issue 1649, 20 October 1887, Page 3

Diphtheria ii prevalent at the Hutt, and tiro deaths in one family have occurred withiu a week. The Napier Board of Education is in debt on the building account (o amount of £2330, but are £3OOO to credit on the maintenance account. The Napier Harbor Board yeßlerdsy accepted the tender of Sparrow and Co., Dunedin, for the supply of two iron hopper barges at £IBOO. At a meeting of the Philosophical Institute, Jtfapier, on Tuesday evening Mr W. Colenso, F.R.S., read a paper on the jubilee of printing in NbW Zealand. He, Mr Colen&o came out as a printer missionary, »nJ landel io the Bay of Islands id 1834. Iu 1835 and 1836 he produced some small things, and in the midd'e of December, 183?, completed the working off of an edition of 5000 New Testaments in Maori. Some of these half century old books were shown by him, and appeared to be capitally bound. A fire at Charlotte street, Eden Terrace, Auckland, on Wednesday morning, destroyed two cottages occupied by J. W. Sakey and Geo. Mirfio. Sakny's bouse was insured for £l9O in the Royal, Mirfin's for £SO m the South British. Ou Judge Ward taking his seat at Cbristchurch yesterday in the Supreme Court, a congratulatory iddress wa« presented to him by Mr Weston on belmlf of the bar of Cuuterbury, » large ntwibur of whom were present. His Honor Mr Justice Ward replied thanking the profession, and also expressing deep regret at the illness of Judge Johnston.