TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Southland Times, Issue 1562, 9 April 1872, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

= : ■"• Auckland, April 3. .True bills have been found against Haley on all the charges. The, increase of the Customs revenue during the last quarter was £10,685. April 4. Manuhiri, the Maori Prime Minister, writes a letter to a Government officer stating that the land disputes are the cause of disagreement between the two races ; that the Europeans are intruders, and the murders committed by the Maories in resisting European encroachments are justifiable. The Cordmandel stock is still active. The Moanataira has had a splendid crushing, and has declared a dividend of ss; Caledonians, £20. Napiee, April 4. The schooner Mahia has been wrecked. The cargo was all lost, but no lives. The Governor landed to-day. Wellington, April 4. Knox's son, the interpreter at Otaki, and Creighton, a half-caste, have been apprehended for having planned a scheme of highway robbery at Otaki. The police deserve great credit for the promptitude with which they acted. , Chkistchttrch, April 4. The railway employe's having struck against the reduction by the Government of La per day in their pay, the Government has since resumed the former wages. Timabu, April 4. Th,oinas Reilly, a Government employe, baa been killed while engaged launching the Government cargo boat. COLONIAL PiUZE FIRING. Christchttrch, April. 2. The firing for the colonial prizes comrrenced to-day, with excellent weather. Mr Fox addressed the men before the competition began, and Mrs Fox fired the first shot' at 150 yards, making a bull'seye. . . . In the judging-distance match, Philpotts, Marlborough, scored 19; Wales, Otago, 17 ; Bucban, Otago, 17 ; Gulliver, C anierbury, 16 ; Blatch, Otago, 16 ; Humphries, Taranaki, 16. In the third match Maclaren, Otago, scored 17 ; Patton, Canterbury, 16; Cameron, Canterbury, 15 ; Christie, Otago, 15 ; Cowie, Otago, 15. In the cavalry seoond match, Judge, Canterbury, scored 17 ; Cummings, 16. In the ., cavalry fourth match, Judge, Canterbury, scored 65, and Cohh, Canterbury, 63. April 4. The -weather was fine to-day. The fifth set, 400, 500, and 600 yards, have fired, Muir, of Otago, making 66, first; Christie, Otago, 64," second ; Gray, Wellington, 62, third ; Kelly, Constabulary, 62, fourth ; Moore, Auckland, 62, fifth ; Macfarland, Otago, '6o, sixth; Gordon, Wellington, 59, -seventh ; Humphries, Taranaki, 59, eighth ; Bassefct, Wellington, 59, ninth ; Wales, Otago, 59, tenth. In the cavalry 3rd match, Eeid, of Wellington, scored 73, and Cummings, of Wellington, 72. This being the last cavalry match, Cumraings takes the cavalry championship, with the aggregate score of 226 ; Lochett, of Wellington, being second with 215 ; and Judge, of Canterbury, third with 210. The ten highest for the, charrpionship now are— Muir, 168 ; Wales, 164 ; Hoskins, 162 ; Brown, 161 ; Cowie, 159 ; Reid, 155 ; Pr.ilpotts, 154 ; Humphries, 154 ; Blatch, 152 and Carter, 152.