COLONIAL ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 115, 20 December 1873, Page 3

COLONIAL ITEMS.

(FROM THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS AGENCY.)

Auckland, December 11. McArthur, Shera and Co. have sued the Collector of Customs for £lOO, the difference of duty between the new and old tariff, on goods landed on July 30, the sight entry having been passed on the 22nd. ' The question at issue is, when did the Act come into force, and over what goods. Judgment reserved. Messrs. Dargaville and Isaacs are the only candidates who have come forward to contest the election for Mayor The former is expected to be returned. The Fiji Consul has received intimation that the Fiji Government cannot afford to contribute toward the subsidy for the San Francisco mail at present. A.LEXANDRA. There is great agitation just now amongst the Ringites respecting the Native Land Courts. They strongly object to any land outside the confiscated territory being passed through the Courts. . Taubanga. The farmers anticipate a rich harvest. A representative of a firm from Canterbury has arrived, and proposes the erection of a flour mill. He ia deliehted with the annearanne nf the

Mr. M'Lean’s movements are uncertain. After visiting inland, he will probably proceed to Wellington. Wellington. The master painters have made a compromise with the men, and give eleven shillings a day, it being an advance of one shilling upon the old rate. The Independent suggests the holding of a second colonial exhibition in 1874 in Wellington.