Canterbury.

North Otago Times, Volume I, Issue 4, 21 April 1864, Page 12

Canterbury.

Canterbury Cottage Building

Association — At a local meet-

-ing of the Canterbury cottages

Building Association held yes-

-terday in the Mechanie's Ins-

-titute.W. Thomson Esq. in the

Chair it was resolved that the

Capital should be £.5000 in

2500 shares of £2 Each Penyable

in these calls of not more than

135.4d per share at intervals

of not less than six months.

messers Thomson Lane Colishaw

Black G.R. Blaikston G.G.Bowen

and J.Oliver were Elected di-

-rectors for the Current year.

The following is an abstract

of the quantity of land sold and

granted in the different districts

for the month Ending the 31st

march 1864 at £2 per aere:—

Christ chur ch 676; Ashley

1,337: Timaru 3,389: Lincoln

311: Mandeville 556 :Ellesmere

1,092: Bank’s Pemnsula 410;

Lyttelton 20; Oxford 362: Mal-

-vern 140: Ashburton 4,785:

Waitangi 100 aeres.

Two days ago, a lad named

Malmanche,was found in a

State of insensibility on a”run”

at Akaroa Upon Examination

it was discovered he had sustain-

-ed a deep cut which appeared

to have been inflicted with a

hatchef on the back part of his

head:but being in sensible,

nothing can be gathered from

him as to how he met with the

accident.lndeed all hopes of

his recovery have been given

Up.— Lyttelton Times.

Standard April 12th.