LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1753, 18 March 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[Anglo-australian press telegraph i AGENCY.] Napier, March 17. The prize firing was resumed this morning. Infantry Match, 400, 500, and 600 yards. First prize, L2O, Armstrong, Thames, 54 points ; second prize, Ll6, jHumphries, Taranaki, 63 points ; third prize, Ll4, Hamilton, Waiukn, 63 points ; fourth prize, Ll2, Keys, Armed Constabulary, Taupo, 60 points ; fifth prize, LlO, Cameron, Auckland, 60 points ; sixth prize, L 7, May, Auckland, 58 points ; seventh prize, L 6, Black, Otago, 58 points ; eighth prize. L 5, Hugh, Otago, 58 points ; ninth prize, L 5, Bassett, ; Greytown, 58 points ; tenth prize, L 5, Hazard, Thames, 57 points. Seven shots at each range. ; Third Match for Infant^, 200 yards, 10 shots. First price, LlO, Richardson, Otago, 36 points ; second prize, L 6, King, Wauku, 35 points ; third prize, L 4, Greer, Napier, 35 points ; fourth prize, L 3, Crossman, Wiauku, 33 points. Highest scores for championship at present—Greer, 117 points ; Humphries, 117 points ; Hamlin, 117 points. Four Match for Cavalry, 300, 400, and 500 yards, seven shots at each. 'First prize, LB, Read, Rangitikei, 59 ; second prize, L 6, Barriball, 55 ; third prize, Hunsley, Christchurch, 54. Cavalry Champion— Barriball Wanks, with aggregate score of 130 : Read, second. Wellington, March 17. , Arrived— Wemyss Castle, ship, from London. No passengers. H.M.S. Blanche arrived from Auckland and Campbell's Islands. She visited all the depots, and found the stores and provisions in good preservation. No sign of shipwrecked persons. She is expected to sail for Taranaki to-morrow. , New Plymouth, March 18. The Provincial Council opened to-day, and decided that the Superintendent shall not sit in Council. The population of the Province has increased 21 per cent, since the last census was taken. The Maid of Otago, timber laden, grounded on the bar. Tauranga, March 17. ■ A party of. natives, just come from the Waikato, report that TeKooti has given himself up, but it is not considered reliable. Dunedin, March 17. The Government are calling for tenders for the erection of a number of cottages for immigrants. Twenty-eight runs, comprising 200,000 acres, at Wakatipu, were leased by the Provincial Government yesterday at Ud per acre. Ministers called a meeting to consider the advisability of petitioning the Council against running Sunday trains. '; The question of curtailing the powers of the Waterworks Company, or construction of fresh works, is about to be discussed by the Corporation.