CANTERBURY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1412, 13 March 1860, Page 5

CANTERBURY.

•By the Lord'Wdrstey, we have received .Canterbury papers" up to the Ist inst , from which' we have extracted the following iteiris of intelligence :—^

Racing MATijuiiS — -Two matches came off d.urit)«[ Uie'w'eek, '-'one between" 'I]f]ns and Ji'lcflHitr, and- the . other between Types and 1.' i >lh a r .b<Ah of which were- won easily hy Ti/pes The latter mate!) was for £50 a side, and J>ood round'siuns chaifged hands iv bets. /Stand aid, March I. ' . ■ ' ' '

• l^LiiCTrQNS.T^Last week Mr. Ward was.re-uiecliiii-l'i represent -Lyttulton in the Provincial Counu 1 ; anu Mr. I:J arum n was n tinned for Ak.uaa, both without o])pusitiuu. — Ibid

Makkkts. — The millers reduced the prices of' .-flour; last week- to ■■£22" per ton; and the b,,ker-s followed .suit in -the price of bread,' which is'.iiuw Is. liii- the "4 1b... Loaf./ Wheat ranges about' (te. per bushel,, .but ;s uflViud at ss. on' "Vidvancf'S'ywi tfija uverdgt} may be considered f).s,fi'l. toos. 9(1 s ; barley," 4s. (id. to-fls. ; oats, nl-ii, as., new, -45., tu.4a.- <J(i. ; hay, delivered, £& [ivj lun, „,■...••■■. ' Harvest.- — We have but uxv>e news to report 'tni<Jer. this-heavi. "The weather has been rathe .uiihi't'Cled duiin'g- the past week, and halves • wojk has been retarded by swine heavy thimile

showers which have visited us,- doing a great deal of good to the gardens and pastures, and making us wish for more. Farmers are too busy to come even to market in any number, so that prices may be considered almost nominal at present. We observe that some are already getting alaimed at the prospect of exporting any wheat from the counlry, lest we should run short ourselves. We believe that we shall have enough and to spare, in spite of largely increasing consumption, and a considerable amount of seed corn required for new land likely to be broken up this winter.