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Hastings Standard, Issue 372, 14 July 1897, Page 3

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(Per Press Association.) Auckland, This day. Whaling operations at \\ hangamumi are turning out very satisfactory. A telegram from Cook Bros, states that so far 14 whales have been captured this season. The Harbor Board sat in committee yesterday evening to discuss the question of raising additional revenue. It was decided that the import rates on produce be increased from Is to Is Gd per ton. The proposed duty on provincial exports wasabandoned. License fees for steam ferry boat-! were raised from £2 to £5 per annum. It is estimated that the changes resolved upon will yield £ISOO a year. The Board has not yet completed its revisory work, £3OO being wanted. Danevieke. This day. Mr McKerrow, the Commissioner appointed to enquire into the old soldiers' claims, sat at Danervike today. Evidence was heard on behalf of three claims. Five claimants summoned to attend did not appear. Wellington, This day. The Typographical I nion in its half-yearly report says the refusal by some of the unemployed compositors to take work offered by the Government was not creditable, and it would be well for some of the members, especially the single men, to realise the position and not hang about the city in the hope of getting four months work in the year. The I nion attributes the continually increasing number of printers to excessive boy labor in country offices. The Typographical Union has been enquiring about the prospects of introducing the linotypes and find that three have been introduced into Auckland. Wellington employers have assured the Union that there is 110 intention at present of bringing in the machines. A Chinaman was picked up in Haining-street apparently dying from poison. The stomach pump was used but it could not be ascertained what had happened as he is unconscious. A good deal of rain has fallen during the past fortnight but almost invariably at nights, the days being mostly fine but windy. The weather for the past week has taken a cold tarn, but now is bright und warm again. The first of the cases against the "Assyrians began at the Supreme Court to-day, when the Collector of Customs sued Michael David (also known as Michael Raphael Farry) for £IOO penalty on two alternative counts of fraudulent evasions of Customs duties and making false declarations. Translations of letters seized in accused's letter book were put in addressed to Azzi Brothers, Paris, and others. In these repeated mention is made of sending " under-value invoices. Dcnedin, This day. Joseph Henry, bootmaker, aged 70, was found dead in his shop in the Arcade. It is supposed to be a case of natural cause. Invercarosll. This day. The meeting of J. G. Ward's creditors has been adjourned till August 6th.