("Age" Specials.)

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 153, 8 May 1886, Page 6

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London, this day. - Gardiner and Co. have writ'en a letter to the " Times " complaining of a system of boycotting practised

by the^English shipping ring against the firms which ship cargo to Australaaiau pbtts on vgbbqls of the , opposition , Cotob^y -Tyser Company. Messrs «»«»»?«[ remark that the maintenance of themgn frieght charges demanded fey members .ot the * •Ring" is a question of national concern, inasmuch as the effect of excessive charges must be to drive the^trade into the hands-ot AmeVica. The there suggest that Parliament should interfere to prevent the "Ring" from pursuing their present tactics. . , , ! Dr. Moorhouse has been interviewed by a represantative of the • • Pall Mall G azette. In the course of the interview, Dr. MoOrhouse spoke in eulogistic terms of the colony and pedple of Victoria. Acting on instructions from the Sydney City Council, Sir Saul Samuel has accopted the tender of Hill and Sons, London, for the erection of an organ in the Centennial Hall, at a cost of £12,950. The total cost, including freight maintenance for twelve months, &c, will be £14,241. Hill and Sons were the builders of the organ in the Town Hall at Melbourne.