Telegraphic Despatches.
(W}-om our ovttjt. Correspondent, ) . Duvedin, .March 17th. - It is intended to. call a public meeting next week to consider the advi^bility of petitioning .Parliament to curtail tS e powers of >tfae Water Co., and also to oonsidovtlie advisability olt b,e Corporation consh^uctin^ew works. ' Tht> Turkish Bath Company\ave secured , premises and intend commencing, opo^atioiis0 po^atioiis without jdc'.ay. ' ' , \ The Mongol 'left Auckland- yest<>day, at five o'clock she takes thirty-three paß&p"g Pr 3. Colonial prize firing Infantry second ww eh c h concluded yesterday at G p.m. - Kangesyoo, 500. and 6-)0, yards; "7- shots each rort^' First prize,B3o ;" 2nd £16 ; 3rd £14 ; 4th £l\ 51 h £10 ; 6th £7 ; 7th i £B ; Bth. 9th and 10 tb, B^.eaoh. The scores were Hoskius (Thames), Gs:' HumpKvips (Ttivanaki), 63'; 'Harnlin (Waiuka), 61; Keys .(,Toupo>, 60 ; Cameron (Auckland), 60 ; May (Auckland), 68 ,- Blatch (West -Taieri) 53 ; -Prouee (Hutt), 58 ; Bassejfct (Wellington) 58^ Hazard" (Thames), 57 ; scores of othor Otago men ; Richardson, 56 ; Buchanan, 5-J. ; Robinson,^ 4B^" McCartney 47; Creagh, 46; Beale, 46; M'Kenzie^46; Buchanan (West Taieri), 43;, Wilson, 41; Hoskins champion made 54. 3rd cavalry match fired this morning 200 yards : 7 shots, scores Howitt (Patea), 22 j D. Eeid. 21 j Hedge, 21-, Prizes £6 j £4 ; £a,
March 18th, 9.16 a.m. Third Match, 200 yards, 10 shots; Istprize, £10 ; 2nd, £6 ; 3rd, £4 ; 4th, £3; sth/ £2— Richardson, 36 ; King, 35 ; Green, 35"; ,Crosßman, -34; v H a mlin, 34. The eight aggl?eg^te '-; highest scbrers ' are Hump"hrßys, (Taranfilci), 117 ; Green (Napier), '117';' Hkmlin..(.^Vaiuka), 118; Prouse (Hutt), 113 ; Armstrong (Thames), 111 ; Cameron (Auckland), 111; Blatch (Otago), 109; Hoskins (Thames)-, 105. ' ;; • "^ 5,, ! The TSieri races tddk place' yesterday; .and drew only a moderate attendance. Maiden Plate : Grieves Snip, 1 ; Raven's Baroness Burdett, 2 ; Stevenson's Prioress, 3. Taieri District Plate : Water's Verbena, 1 ; Broadway's Miss Rowe, 2. Taieri Handicap, of 50 soys, 2 mile 3 : Ray's Ada ' Colt," 1 ; Snow's Rufus, 2 ; Smith's Mendicant, 3. Handicap Trotting- Race : Brown's Maggie (300 yardß,) I ; DDdson'Ts Modesty (scratch), 2 ; Stevenson's Mystery (scratch) ,* 3. -District Farmet's Purse; Verbena, 1; Palmer's Spntsail, 2. Selling Race ; Snow's Rufus, 1 ; Grieves Snip, 2 ; Shaw's Premier, 3. Consolation Race was won by Broadway's Miss Rowe ; Miss King second. ' -
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 339, 18 March 1874, Page 2
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366Telegraphic Despatches. Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 339, 18 March 1874, Page 2
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