CANTERBURY NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 12765, 19 March 1906, Page 3

CANTERBURY NOTES.

[Special to .the Star.] CHRISTCHURGH, March 19. Certain Christchurch cricket pavilionsdirring the.last week or more have been visited by a. sneak thief. On one occasion he actually had the nerve, in order! to avoid discovery, to pot back a gold watch filched ten minutes before. On Saturday afternoon' a player named Twynham left £1 12s in his coat pocket, hanging the garment up hi the iSavihon att Lancaster Park. The money was missed' during the afternoon, and inquiries led to the arrest of a third-grade player named L. Ogden. A search disclosed the missing coins, and the accused admitted the theft. He was taken to the police station. A table prepared by the Premier for his Geraldine speech showed the areas available in different districts for educational and charitable aid endowments. The figures are as follow:—Education endowments that can be furnished by the Land districts —Auckland district. 220,0,00 acres; Hawke's Bay, 63.100; Taranaki. ' 35,000; Wellington, 204,800: Nelson. 40.500; Marlborough, ; 4,000; Wcstland, 19,900; Canterbury, 181.300; Otayo. 149,100; Southland, 71,400; total, 1,000,000. Areas that can be set aside for hospital and charitable aid purposes:- Hi strict: Auckland, 107,400 acres; Hawke's Bay, 29,100; Taranaki, 24,600; Wellington, 91,300; Nelson, 20,200; Marlborough, 91,300; Westland, 11,800; Canterbury, 94,600; Otago, 81,700; Southland, 30,800; total, 500,000. The Premier spent a few minutes in showing what the .Government, have done in regard to settling Canterbury, and he read the following table setting out the opera tion- of the Lind for Settlements scheme in the province from the time the measure was passed by Parliament: Estato - si li I £ Pareora 620 7,199 28 Studholme ... 109 1,291 4 Kapua 574 4,594 12 Rosebrook ... 600 5,984 14 Otab 374 4,194 9 Patoa and Peaks ... 7,347 6.613 16 Roimata 49 2,200 26 Kereta ... „. 105 1,584 4 Braco ... 27 1.375 14 Epworth 21 252 2 Ashley Gorge... 1,166 4.856 10 Omihi 20 ,240 1 Orakipaoa ... 384 7,684 27 Highbank ... 9,122 59,210 78 Oterakara ... 40 1.990 7 Wharenid ... 73 4,765 26 Rakitairi ... 3.526 19,362 22 Waiapi 1,124 9,553 15 Horsley Downs 3,983 20,022 27 Albury 19,539 65,295 79 Marawhiti ... 2.028 14,201 13 R.S 1,862 ,2,069 1 Waikakahi ... 48,262 323,314 191 Hekeao 2,254 10,545 16 Pawako 62 1,824 25 R.S. .„ ... 2,682 6,105 1 Tamai 41 ,2,663 40 Rautauiri ... 113 2,560 6 R.S 36,469 155,503 1 R.S 36,231 99,346 1 R.S 36,057 58,291" 2 R.S 36,228 101,227 1 Takifcu 9,713 ,23,033 5 Pareora No. 2 8,132 ,70.955 33 Papaka 1,562 1,796 39 Punaroa ... 7,030 31,614 17 Lyndon 4,244 15,750 10 Tarawahi 32 ,2,858 24 Kohika 3,864 28,093 17 Raincliffe ... 745 2,424 1 Puhuka „. ... 39 989 8 R.S 36,278 618,484 1 Kaimahi 100 4,700 12 Kapuatohi ... 50 2,249 9 Rapuwai 2,248 8,990 .5 Maytown ... 392 5,287 12 Lyndon No. 2 15.887 43,326 10 Eccleston ... 1,246 11,593 4 Mead 5,915 18,319 21 Squires 46 /93 1 Chamberlain ... 10,500 41,864 21 Annan 32,859 94,444 39 Rosewill 38,684 246,022 159 Station Peak ... 109 311 1 Totals to March £l, 1905... 245,998 .£1,255,199 1,137 There had been purchased since that date the following properties:—Morice, 2,230 acres, £40,809; Kinloch, 12,901 acres, £117,389; Mills, 863 acres, £16,395; making a grand total of 261,982 acres at a price of £1,429,615. The net gain up to March 31, 1905, was £60,930. The Lagmhor Estate, on the Ashburton River, containing 17,700 acres, was under negotiation.