CANTERBURY,

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 6

CANTERBURY,

We have files of the Lyltdton Times and Canterbury Press to the 9th. 1 One of the crew of the collier barque ' Union 1 was killed in Ly ttelton harbour by a portion of the contents of a coal-basket, which had got entangled in the rigging being prsojpitated'on his head. W& (Press) are. informed that a peculiarity, was observed in tha tidal current up the Kaiapoi river. The tide would, in the ordinary course of nature, have been full at 9 p.m., instead of which it was full at 7.30 p.m., and once over-rising so much as a foot injhalf a minute and receding the same distance again in about five minutes. '£v?q iftotions, involving questions of great importance, wei* giyen notice of in the Provincial Council yesterday, Potk will come before .the Council on Monday nexT The first; which is by Captain McKenzie, is as follows :— " That the land laws of this province are not such as to successfully com- ' pete jyjijfch the inducements -which those of neighbouring colonies pflfcp fo intending "settlers. That it is thftreforenecdssaty 1 tbd laud - law , should be ■ altered and amended, and, in order to* secure" for this proTttee'a 'fate share of tho >'j«.boijr »neT capital which are constantly emigfa^iag^'o^ Jlutope, a new land law ahould bo passed without delayj embodying' tW~ principles of free selection, 'deferred pom. jnonage s over 'unsold land'; and, in order to secure these ;three principles; that provision v be made in ,th«i new E^nd Act for the XB< sumption by^the'Ci'ojvii' at an early' date/ and pn^|u3t;.and 'equitable term's,\bf all the land" n4j heli *%• lea§g ' for% pa^tofaV purposes."'," /-•■ \ ; *;'■"*• t -'*- - \, , , ■ i- ' Court sat" 6,nW 6th : for %tis purpose-* of ''taking, revidence in 4 tKe'fease' of?

heard- hv-England; btitr aa ' sem»^£""tKß % war H,esse.s^are ;rej#en.t>'iurDuiteHlH; ,ab&*iteoi mandamus lias; been;, jgaued^ out , of „thgi!ElxJ chequer 'of ,P^as fb'r^th^ir examii}atiott(therel Th 3 plaintiffs; kr'e 'represented' ,by Ijifr. CreOjrgi •Cobkjand'Mr. *G. jK. yur^on'; and; the .<&e r 'ien'daMs'by Mr. '^a^es^mith and ; JNtr.-Jameb Macassey. , ',-,*,,•,,: 'l-.Y >• ,L, L ] y Ta the caae Hargreaves v. the Supeiintf i\deat~,of Cante'rWry, /^'ifThe jin-y, fimclthat the plainLiif^Mr. JS. A. Hargreaves, has sustained damage by reason of the severance of the water frontage, and find that he is enjt titled r to £1,000 daina^es 5 hy 'reason thereof The jury also find tliat'tbe phuubiflf is far- I ther entitled to the sum af ,£,700, in/con ; sideration of the. injury sustained, by hiabuilding." ' *„.' , , ! ' ' The' residence of the' Rev. J. W. Stack,, at . the Maori pa, near Woodend, -was > totally destroyed by fire. ,The s Maori school and ' Catechists' room, which adjoined the building, were also totally destroyed." . The Annual J A. deputat|pnj from the Canterbury Agricultural and , Pastoral Association had an interview, with the, Jockey duty and after some conversation the Jockey Club 'decided on changing .the days to,jMpn--day, Tuesday, and , Thursday, the 7th, ,Bth, and 10th November. „ , . , ' The Hon. Mr. Fox haa arrived at Lyttelton^ v/hence he proceeded on to Christchurch. He has expressed his willingness to meet the electors ' Should they desire'to hear him. '