AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[Per Ringarooma at the Blvff]. VICTORIA. Melbourne, Nov. 19. The “ Argus ” says that the Exhibition officials have imposed on certain exhibitors unwarranted customs charges and publishes a list showing where the charges were made beyond the amounts paid to the customs. The explanations made is that the overcharges for customs, etc., on exhibitors' goods will be adjusted upon a final settlement of accounts, and that maximum charges were at first imposed in order to secure against the possibility of loss. The “ Argus” on Monday reiterated its its statement re overcharging of dues and wharfage, maintaining that the commissioners were in full possession of all the. necessary information for arriving at correct charges at the time of opening the Exhibition. Nearly six thousand shares in the Land Credit Bank of Australia (new issue) are now allotted, leaving eight hundred still on offer.
A rumor was circulated on Friday that the police had received a clue to the rohber of the Tararua gold. It turned out to be entirely without foundation, and it is now believed that the gold was stolen at Hobart. The “ Argus” states that at the request of several foreign states applications for space at the International Wool Exhibition in the Crj’stal Palace, England, have been extended to April. It is understood that New Zealand has applied for a large'space. NEW SOUTH WALES. The Corporation are taking proceedings against the contractors and architect of the Town Hall on account of the rotten foundations of the building. The pulling down and rebuilding will cost £7OOO. . ■ Sir Archibald Michie has resumed his profession here as counsel in the libel case against the “ Bulletin.” 178,000 bales of wool are already shipped this season, and 20,000 more are now in port.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2484, 7 March 1881, Page 2
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290AUSTRALIAN NEWS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2484, 7 March 1881, Page 2
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