TELEGRAPHIC.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 169, 18 April 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

PER A N«LO-AUSTRALIAN PItKSS TE leu It A i’ll AGENCY. Last Night's News.

Auckland, Friday Night. James Ckawford, master of the cutter Ellen, endeavoured to take a cargo up the Piabo river to Captain Peacock’s /arm, at the head, of the river. The natives curtly refused to allow hl,« to go up without paying •’ black mail,” and the vessel returned.

The schooner Belle Brandon has been sold to George Holdship for £1,(150. r Birmey reports :—Market firm. Out* os fid ; barley, os fid ; wheat, fis to fis 3d ; maize! /s; bran. 7s 10J ; pollard, 7s 01; potatoes, os od to os lOd ; hams ami bacon, lOd to lid • rye grass, 5s to 5s fid ; flour, Oamiiru. £l4 ’• malt, 9s. ' ’

Sailed : Ladybird, for the South. Cambridge, Friday Night. Ihe settlers are subscribing for a presentation o Mr Mackaj at a public dinner, ns u recognition of his services in the Waikato district.

(FROM OUR OWN COHBEBPOXDSST.) Gkatiamstown, Friday Night. There are 37 objections lodged against granting wholesale and publicans’ licenses. One of the Licensing Commissioners is absent from the colony, and it is doubtful whether business can be proceeded with on Tuesday.

In answer to a letter signed 11 Justitia,” which appeared in yesterday’s Star, the Advertiser of this morning says that the stone sent by the police to be crushed by Manning, and which resulted in his conviction, was furnished by the Auckland Society for the Protection of Mining Interests.

The first regular meeting of the Borough Council was held on Wednesday. William Davies was elected Mayor, and committees for various purposes appointed. The Council is now fairly started.

Mining news highly encouraging, Share market active.