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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1736, 26 February 1874, Page 2

We had intended to give a full review of the Superintendent's speech at the opening of the Provincial Council, but as we find that the telegraphic summary supplied to us on Tuesday evening was exceedingly imperfect, we are compelled to devote all our available space to the re-publication of his Honor's address in full. Our remarks must therefore be withheld until to-morrow. We are informed by the driver of the mail coach that it was stopped yesterday evening by a tree which had fallen across the road, about a mile this side of Marsden. The coacb had to be taken back to Marsden, and the mails were forwarded on horseback. We draw attention to the fact that the stewards of the Ahaura races have increased the stake of the Handicap Hurdle Race to 35 sovß. This increases the stake by Lls. The following motions were to be considered by the Provincial Council at its sitting last evening— % Ur Lahnan. the appointment of a Printinc Committee, anrl by the same member, a Petition Committee. Mr A. R. Guinness was to move for a return showing the amount of tolls received on the public roads and the cost of collecting the same, and also to move that the Superintendent bt» requested to take immediate steps to cause the Miner's Ri^ht Extension Act to be bronght into force in the Province of Westland* * The stewards of the Ahaura races met on Tuesday evening to receive the nominations for the Grey Valley Handicap. The following were nominated : — Mr D. Cameron's Septimus Mr J. Graham's Lacenfeed Mr J. Graham's North Star Mr T). Carroll's Nero Mr W. Cochrane's The weights will be declared and made known to the Greymouth and Hokitika newspapers by the Hon. Sec, as soon as the appointed handicapper, Mr Hustler, can be communicated with by telegraph. There is just a bare probability that two or three entries of Canterbury or Auckland horses have yet to come in.