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Temuka Leader, Issue 1997, 21 January 1890, Page 1

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-he Colonial Secretary, who granted a permit to the promoter? of the Wellington Free Public Library Jubilee Art Union, is not satisfied that the provisions of the Act are being complied with, and has informed them that the permit will be revoked. Mr H. B. Vogel, solicitor, eldest son of Sir Julius Vogel, met with a serious accident at Wellington on Saturday. He was playing tennis and jumped over the net and fell. He noticed nothing wrong at the time. In the evening he was dining out when he was suddenly taken ill with intense internal pains. Medical assistance was obtained and it was discovered that he had broken a rib which had penetrated the kidneys, causing rupture of that organ. Henry Borden, while writing in his home, Castle Street, Dunedin, on .Thursday night, fell off the chair and died before medical assistance could be procured. The supposed cause of death is heart disease. He leaves a wife and two children.

Government are considering what steps to taka to guard against the introduction and spread of influenza.

The Masons are going to erect a handsome granite memorial stone over the _ grave of the late Dr Deamer at Christchurch.

Mr E. Coad concluded his second temperance mission at Dunedin on Thursday night. He was presented during the day with a handsome album of views.

The banquet given by the New South Wales Government in honor of the Exhibition was a moat brilliant affair. The company which assembled in Watson’s rooms numbered 150. ihe chair was occupied by Mr McMillan, Treasurer of New South Wales. Lord Carrington, Lord Onslow, Admiral Scott, Mr Gould, Minister of Justice for N -vv South Wales, Mr Justice Williams, Biabop Neville, the Mayor, and the Exhibition Commissioners were amongst the guests. A man named Charles Jackson was arrested at Oamaru on Thursday evening, for breaking into the store of Charles Kearns, and stealing a quantity of goods. Suspicion attached to Jackson, owing to several articles being found near the place where he was working in a blacksmith’s shop, Jackson denied any knowledge !' robbery, but the police, iu<er man :)>< enquiries, discovered win-re ha had been lodging, and under the bed in his room found a lot of the stolen articl.-s. Jackson is a receut arrival, and haa a number of keys, chisels, etc., in his , possession,