COLONIAL ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 78, 13 August 1873, Page 3

COLONIAL ITEMS.

ALEXANDRA. A iaboe amount of produce has arrived at the Kuiti, principally maize. Sixteen canoeloads hare been sold within the last few days. The Ngatihaua Hauhaus at the Kuiti are now short of food. Potatoes will be scarce next year, as they are consuming the seed. The Kingites are getting tired of supporting Purukutu and his crowd, and they are now hard up for food. The native contingent here under the command of Captain Tregear are greatly dissatisfied at not receiving any pay since their enrolment in May last. The men will shortly strike, if not paid. TAURANGA. The Highway ratepayers’ meeting was stormy. Opinions are expressed that the proceedings were illegal. WELLINGTON. A return of estates placed in the hands of the Public Trustee shows a balance of unequalized estates at the end of June of £22,099. lhe total cost of the Public Trustee to the end of June wes £144. CHRISTCHURCH. The traffic receipts on the Lyttelton railway, for June, were £4,870 ; on the Great South Line, £1,053 ; on the Great Northern, £1,099. The City Council has arranged with a private company for the erection of a market on a large scale. DUNEDIN. Very rich wash-dirt Las been struck in the Shot over claim. The lead is five feet thick. lialf-a-DOund weight was obtained to the dishful. NELSON. The new tariff is viewed with disfavor. It is regarded as an attempt to saddle the colony with a protective policy, and to increase taxation. The West Coast Kail way Bill being shelved has caused great sensation.

Mr. George Woegan’s license as native interpreter has been cancelled. The notification appeared in the Gazette. Mr. Edward Grigg, late co-proprietier of the Herald, has been appointed manager to the Napier Telegraph. Mr. Wokgan has been defeated in the preliminary stages of his libel action against the Wanganui Chroncicle. According to the Bay of Plenty Times the new electoral roll for the district of the East Coast comprises 656 names, being an addition of 171 names upon that of last year. Messrs. Penny and Co. arc the successful tenderers for publishing the same. The Napier Telegraph of the Ist August informs its readers as follows : —This evening, the first penny paper in Hawke’s Bay will make its appearance, the Daily Telegraph being published ul that price on and after the Ist August. The enly difference that will be observable will be in the cost to readers.

A recent telegram says:—Mr. Farnall, Immigration Agent, telegraphs that the Agent-General obstructs the immigration scheme, and restricts assisted passages. The Agent-General has dismissed Mr. Farnall, who awaits instructions.

The Waikato Times says : —At Mr. J. Knox’s sale of Poverty Bay horses at Hamilton, there •was a very good attendance, and competition was brisk. Light saddle and harness horses fetched from £7 10 to £lO.

Thb reward offered by the Provincial Government, says the Napier Telegraph for the destruction of hawks has resulted in the capture and death of 993 birds, during the year ending 30th June, last. The reward first offered was 5s a dozen, or 5d per head, but for that sum very few persons were found who would take the trouble to kill a hawk, the price was therefore raised to one shilling per pair of feet—the feet being more easily preserved than heads—and then no hawk was safe; as many as 333 were brought into the Treasury office in one day.

Masons and other friends are invited to attend the funeral of Brother M'Glashan, at the Courthouse, Gisborne, on Friday next, at 2 p.m.