TARANAKI.

Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 6, 10 February 1860, Page 3

TARANAKI.

We have news from Taranaki to the 28th ultimo:— At the close of the last Provincial Council, an ordinance was passed for enlarging the Council from nine to fifteen members •

llelativc to the inter-colonial steamers, the Taranaki Herald remarks :—The mail steamer Airedale anchored late last Saturday evening with the English November mail for Taranaki, and proceeded on to Manukau at twelve the same night, the captain, though urged to delay his departure a few hours, having declined to do so. As it was, a hurried mail was put on board, and the postal facilities to which the public are entitled were therefore much restricted. * * The steamers have driven the coasting vessels out of the trade, and it therefore behoves us to see that the new arrangement is adhered to. * * * Again, the charges of the Coleman Company are exorbitant. The passage between this and Manukau averages 20 hours, for which the fare in the cabin is £5 each way. The charge of ss. per head for the conveyance of sheep is about Id. per lb., and that of £3 per head for bullocks |d, per lb., so that the company exacts about one-fifth of the value of the stock shipped for a carriage of 120 miles, whilst neither attendance, fodder, &c., are provided.