TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 289, 19 March 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Wellington, Tuesday. H;M.s. Blanohe left Wellington on the 19th February, and reached Auckland Island on the 26th. Remained at Port Eoss till the second Mnrch. Visited, repaired, and painted store-houses. Steamed round the island, looking for signs of shipwrecKed seamen. Left on the sth and went to Campbell Island ; anchored in Perseverance harbour, and found the French war transport Havre had \ left thereon the Ist January. Proviiions were everywhere found to be in a good state of preservation. Sailed for Wellington on the 9th. While at Auckland and Campbell Islands several severe storms of snow and. hail were experienced. New Plymouth likely to be the next place the Blanche visits. She is expected to leave to-morrow. It is reported that the difficulty between the General and Provincial Governments regarding the balance of the appropriated £50,000, and the duties of anditor are in process of arrangement. ' Mr Trarers' application to make absolute the rule for mandamus to compel auditor to perform his duty aud certify warrants hat been postponed till to-morrow. Jfew Plymouth, Tuesday. The Provincial Council opened yesterday. It was decided that the Superintendent should not sit in Council. The Superintendent says in his speech that tho population has increased 21 per cent, since last census. Parikaka meeting commences to-day. The Maid of Otago, when entering' Waitotara river during tho heavy gale of Saturday, had her rudder carried away, which caused her to ground on the North Spit inside the | bar. Her cargo is being got out, when sho will probably be got off. The Maid is from Picton, with, timber) for the Waitura railway.

Napier, Tuesday. T'tE COLONIAL PRISB niUNG. The third malch for infantry at [200 yards, 10 shots at each :- First prize, £10, Rich'arc'son, Otago, 36 points 5 second, £6, King, Waiuku, 35 ; third, £4, Greer, Xapier, 35 ; fourth, £3, Grossman, Nelson, M, fifth, £2, Ifamlin, WniuUt, 3"3 TV li!£lip«t scores for championship at present : — Grecr. 117; Humphries, 117; Ha/uhn, 116. Fourth match lor cavalry, 300, 400, and 500 yarda, seven shot <* at each Vii st prize, iB, Read, Rangitikei, 59 ; second, £6, Bum iball, 53 ; third, £4.; Hunnle.v, CJiriatehurch, 54 Cavaln <•' anip'on. UsrnbalJ, Wniiiku ; with an aggregate score of 130 Hoad, second

Lnfaxtky.— SrcoXD M>xcn — Ranges, 430, 500, and 600 yards; seven aliota at eath innge. Targets, 6x6 feet; centie, 4 feet; bull's-eye, 2 fee t square Ist prize, £20: 2nd, £16; 3r~, £14; 4th, £112 ; sth, £10; 3th, £7; 7th, £6 ; Btb, £o ; 9th, £5 ; 101 li, £5 The following were the ten highest scores — \rmstronff, Thames. 64; Humphries, Tar&naki, 63 ; ITamlin, "Waiuku, 61 ; Kots, Taupo, 60-; Cameron, Auckland, GO ; May, Auckland, 58 j Blatoh, Otago, 58; Prouse, Wellington, s£j Eassott, Grejtown, 58; Hazard, Thames, 57. The rent o; the scores made by Auckland provinces men were :— D«j, Thames, 57 ; Coleman, Waikato, 55; Hoskins, Thames, &'l; Williams, Wduku, 54; Gordon, Thames, 63; PajneJ Auckland, 52; Partington, Auckland/ 52 ; Gtiyin, Thames, 51 ; Bonrdnian, Auckland, 51 ; Haslett, Aucklnnd, 50; King, Waiuku, 50 5 Clarke, Thames, 50 ; Chase, Taupo, 49 ; Moore, Waikalo, 49 ; Brown, Thames, 47 5 Fenton, Thames, 47; A. Thomas, Thames, 47; Grundy, Thames, 46 ; Bowden, Auckland, 45 ; Crawford, Waiuku, 45 ; Leigh, Auckland, 4A ; Na t niith, Poverty Buy, 42 ; Sykes, Thames, 41 ; McCaw, IWanga, 40 $ Alderton, Auckland. 40 ; Blythe, Taupo, 40.

Cavalky.— Toted Match.— The third cavalry match oomraenced early this morning, and was completed before breakfast. The weatheu was beautiful in the morning, and no!; a brenth of wind. There is a slight breeze rising now. Tlia radge was 200 yards ; seven shots. Targets, 6x 4 feet ; centre, 2 feet square ; bull's-eye, IS inches. Douglas, the preient champion, wasrery low down, scoring only 18 points. The following gives the particulars of the firing :— Howie, Palta, Ist prize, £6,22; Bead, Rangitllei, 2nd prize, £4, 21; McCartney, A.0., 3rd prize, £3, 20; Judge, 20; Roberts, 20 ; Marshall, 20 5 Hunslev, 19 ; Mills, 19 ; Rodgers, 19 ; Henderson, 19 ; JBarnball, 19 ; MeKenzte, 18 • Doigliis, 18 ; Fmzer, 18 ; Danvers, 17 ; Savage, 17 ; Camp bel , 17 ; Blake, 14.

Tnfantbt.— Thibd Match.— The third infantry mutch coramenced early this morning. The range was 200 yards, 10 ibofcs. Target, 6x4; centre, 2 feet square ; bull's eye, 8 iiches square. The match was finished about 1.30 p.m. Richardson, who made good average- shooting last year, and whc ran Hoskins so close for the belt, made some good shoot ing. Most Auckland and Thames men are welf up. The following gives the first 14 best shots : -Prizes : First prize, £10; second prize, £6; tjlird prise, £4; fourth prize, «3 • fifth prize, £2 :— Kichardson, Otago, 36 ; King, "Waiuku, 35; Greer, Napier, 35; Grossman, Nelson, 34; Hamlin] Waiuku, 34; Liddell, Wanganui, 34; aascoigno, 33Gorden, Thames, 33; Borrd-raan, Auckland, 33; Leigh', AuckUnd, 33 ; Eenouf, Napier, 32 ; Campbell, 32 • Greer Hntt, 32 ; Perrin, 32. v

The Champion Belt.— lt is expected that to-morrow night will decide who is to woar the champion belt and gold modal for 1874. Hoskins is at present 12 points behind the highest cnun, and will htYoiifcrd work to pull it up, although his firing to-day has been much better. There appears to bo but littledoubt that it will oonie to the North Island. Harulm, of Auckland, is only one point behind Humphries and Greer, wl oat present tie ; and Cameron is still in the running. Tl c following are tho total aggrrg ite scores mado ■— Humphriw, Taranaki, 117; Greer, Napier, 117; Prouso, Wellmgtoi, 113 ; Hamlin, Wamku, 116 j Armstrong Thames, 1U ; Cameron Auckland, 111; filatoh, Otago] 109 ; Hoskm, Thamss, 105. b '

m, j «. • , Coromandel, Tuesday. The rnoes passed off wifeh great success. 200 people arrived in the Goldm Crown from the Thames. The Cororaandol Plalo wa? won by Marcelh ; the Pony Bace by Lvnch's Lion j the llur^le Kwe by Wild Irish Girl. J

m X . i , m „ Tauranga, Tuesday. The Maoris report that T* Kooti has been taken prisoner. The report is not believed. ' It ''rumored by a partyof etrange natives j juts t arrived from Waikato thit To L.OOH has just given himself up. The information, bowtver, is not teliable.

m n , Taupo, Tuesday. lhe Gorevnor ana •mto .rrircd at 1.15 p.m. iWwai a. grand demonstration of Europeana B nd Maori* The natives assembled from all partB o f the district to give His Excellency a besrt; wolcomp., He inlerriews natives tomorrow, lhe Governor then goes to Tokftna Kotaira, and from thcnco to Kotumahmn and Taurauga

The way an editor gats rWof persevering feminities.— We Rimtly and as it were nnconlcioiwly pushed a paper-weight toward the end ol the table vhere she sat. It attracted her attention directly. She looM at it, took it up, looked more earnestly, and then, laying rt gently down, .he calmly rose, Rathe. «d her amplo skills,, Wit her, nnd slight way took her leave, not cymi raying goal-hj ,. Certainly notliirifc was farther from our intention thin to give offencd. Wo merolv wished to attract attention tfthe paper-weight as a work of art Mo regard it a« a fin* work of irtf and value it for that i cason j but \he ofl«et it ha« oh somo visitors i. remarkaolp anil inexplicable. It » «small slab of ory b t.l, bhrongh which rnny b e seen a sketchirepr c?e nting a ekelcton, mi,--rounded by tins legend « Ij ¥ uu.^n^te uditc ™ tatk:d to df-atb. f