Telegraphic Intelligence.
WELLINGTON.
April 8, 7*50 p.m. The Southern srifle competitors only ar-rived-in the Tararua at 8 o’clock. All the men wpre .on the H*itt ground by eleven. A;dispute arose as. to whether four North--pm men were qualified. The firing commenced under protest at two, and closed;atuix. Otago - wins four prizes, and Canterbury one. The scores were :r—Chisholm (winner ; of • the belt): 42; Lacoy, 36 ; Smith, 35 ; Craigie, 85 ; Richardsdn (the Canterbury mao) 31. Smith and Craigiefired off their tie, and 1 Smith won. Fourteen men competed for the prizes. . The Rakai.a has. sailed. . The. number of passengers_per Rakaia, from Wellington for Panama,' was ninety-six. She took with her 6500 ounces of gold for England^ . . , , . .. < : Aprilo. _• . The prizes for ; firing were . presented by the Governor tp-day, A guard of . honor of volunteers. Present—.Mr Stafford, Major Richardson, and about 200. : ~ The-Governor: said it was always his wishi to foster. ;the volunteer movement, but more particularly now when the colony w;as .denuded, of troops, and we.should have to depend on ourselves and our 'skill in the rifle. He noticed improvement in the firing ou that of last year, and hoped it would continue annually,. Otago’s, four men received warm congratulations. His Excellency leaves to-morrow for Picton.-
The Hon. Daniel Pollen has been.apointed agent at Auckland for the General Government.
Owing to the non-arrival of the Mataura with the proper official, Mr R-. Kirton, chief clerk in- the Post Office here, left yesterday in the Rakaia in charge of the mails.
The Hon. John Hall, Postmaster-Ge-neral, returned from Sydney on Saturday evening in the mail steamer Rakaia. The Hon. R. Stokes left Wellington yesterday in the , Rakaia, en route foe Europe via Panama. We understand that Mr Stokes contemplates returning to New Zealand, but the duration of his visit to the mother country is at present uncertain.
Wednesday, April 10*
The' Governor left in H.M.S.S. Brisk at half-past ten this morning for Picton, — thence to Nelson. N o news of the Mataura from Panama.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 16, 22 April 1867, Page 93
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331Telegraphic Intelligence. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 16, 22 April 1867, Page 93
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