CANTERBURY.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 79, 7 August 1863, Page 2

CANTERBURY.

(PROM OUR OWN COfcREgPdla>FNT/) ! M ' _ „ .*, C" Christchurcl r July oiili The r Provincial Council met on WednSl week, was nothing worthy of reauSA the speech with wbich his Honor the SSm tenaent opened the session, and the reply » Council^ as, as usual, a meie echo 0 ?| address expressing, their extrenfe salis&jfl with all the information he had imparted ,11 the*tateof the Province, financial anf Jflf wise, andthen.of the importance of the *£■ submitted for their consideration The Ili variation^ from the accustomed strain' im. sHI respect to the issue of the debentures of th-iHi determined' on last session in the CniHi! instead of the English market whichl! Council seemed to think might be all , G B for one*, but they hoped his Honor IU never do such,* thing again. - The Bills brought before the Council hut, IS h^enotbe-n of other than loc a ?" n fpoSH The pnncjpal are a BUI f or Constitutm-- jr*fl| Boar at the different ports a measm eI b lili rendered compulsory by act of th* n l8$& Assembly ;' a Koads Bill, for placrnp th %■ works under the 'control of district iHfll instead of one central depar mentas at nrr Mm and a Bill to&mend the present SfceepOxdinSl by theintrodtfction t^tfwrSringent cSB intended to^checktheMe very serous iSf! of scab.- Toese Bills are' virtually p&s^YB&H Very ; elabqratePublib|Hquse Bill b'affbei#Y{*» duced^b^Mr OHivierTmembeh for Christen W bumtiis^threat«iea^ritb.:ciiri^derable bptahMfl » Committee and may veryprobably 'ea&M&m the-oraeal -in *a very: diflferehV SSSm presente^pn-its appearance, One iSH subject of discussion ■auring ? the two lasfcs aSi the Education questibn.-has been'postponSßl the Commissioners harp.tfot . .completed «H work, and it .would', of .course be absLfii attempt further; legislation till their final I &9 was beforeWthe House; ' -The Commissi lii bave presented an interim report, in which US remarking upon the difficulty they have 'i^M m -obtaining the required information. -'th e »^^ somo practical suggestions which, in Pit opinion, require action, princMS with regard to .the inode in whion the i^sSi available _tor the support of schools are adm^S® tered. and the securing by the GovetnZS^ sues for school buildings, for the former ># p >se they recommend the immediate e^tai, % ment of a Board of Education, bufsaViJi -W on the disputed point, by whom the mcm^M such a Board should beappointed. f ,a Considerable excitement was created nt3*M. neighborhood^ .Tirnaru; by a murder conl^S attho Wasbdyke Creek hW), by a * "» George Luralev. According " t 0 the riyineJjßE ration of the deceased, Cornelius O'Cbnn* bHI two men were at (he hottl together on the 'Mgm' ing of the. 10th inst., when tuuiley propoJllt him to join in robbing the Louse in which heLlll (hat there was a large sum of money. A« took place botweon the two mon, which enl^lßl «Lumley drawing a knife and slabbing O'fiJSr in the breast and abdomen, ■ inflictinß%roi2Hß& winch he died the following day. lumlejlß' quickly arrest<>d, and at tie inquest, r vetiSm' wilful murder was, returned aorainst him <Mm has since been brought up to Christcliurcfi UMM ? laI ;, ? '" 1S ' L think » the ««t tSm murder that has occurred in the Province. H A fatal accident is supposed to ],ar e o&» in Chntehurch, under rather singular di' stances A man n rtme d Oliver was «oireM» 'ateint.be evening- across the Pap.™ u i h^M. H )s mate, from whom "be just pnrted co^ff heard a splashmfr in the water, and.-fearySp something had happened, raised a.i ahnJK though a search was at once made, nofcbmS discovered. The man Oliver has not been hJil since, and it is leared that he must have Ili bis way and wandered into the river Thhf. HI which runs through the middle of Chriitdß'has been the scene.of so many accidents. thatH surprised our City Cout.cil.ivho bave sho J H activity m the improvement of the town rfn B at all events fence in the approaches to'fo m ierent bridges, when, on. a dark.nigl,t, aid^ cially a stran.eer,xuns a 'great risk of a <ifcJS-:--'. able cold bath, and possibly a ii ac l, S' accident. However, this and .all other iJm and perils of the night will, before verv bnS obviated in a more complete manner, oyihS that the town i, lit up by gns, ns a plan JB calls it solt n city, and a capital. cerlninlfoS to be. A gns company was formed some molll ago, and it appears that they have life kS fairly into hamcs< ; have sett-k-d in what va T W to what extent they will commence opeaPit nnd belter still, the contract lms beon takeibife Anderson, of the Clmstelmreh Fuuntlry in MO order ior the neccassary plaut trausmiltePl England. t;'§si mu i „ JulvSllff Ihe sheepowners of Cnnfcrbury are iiu^S of great alarm afc the rapid increase of scabtfP Province lately, nnd a good deal of (liscusJll . been going on among the papers as'to ftp^ moans tor checking it— one maintaining tte|p existing law is useless, and another that ■ifS requires to Le vigorously put in force toifpf fectly effective. A!l parties seem nj*reed|te ever, that stringent measures are mmirepS the Government have introduced ami carP# Bill which appears to &Ive satisfuction, bv|S| a^l owners of sheep are compelled, under fife-i penalty, to erect adequate dipping appl'S within six months from the present time olpS the time when the land is first depastured '||§ law applies to all owners of sheep— from tiJiS who keeps half-a-dozen in a pnddock, to thos ■Runholders. The" apparatus" necessary to r#| the law varying, of course, in magnitude a^ in<rly. The fines inflicted in the Resident 5^ trate's Court on the owners of scabby slice;)|M been beavy ; one eentleman Las just b»>islps for no_ less than £600. He applied for a raptl of this fine on the ground that he could iM^II ■ tobaceo enousrh to dip Ms sheep within tilNfe allotted, which he proved to be the ense ; !s-«i Bench decided that his sheep were so notorill^J scab that he showed a want of proper fiH-«s!^||-not keeping a sufficient supply constantly o:MSl and refused his_ application. .The Provincial Auditor helrl a court of Ms& tbis week (the first time the Audit Act feUIS put in force here in that; way), to exaini£§||t , the truth of statements made in the C ninSmm. ' the occounts of the expenditure on certain|f§il works were incorrect, and that much moremM was really spent than was made public. 'MM. quiry went to prove that the accounts iilltp from_tl-e Public Works department wenf^ compiled, and by no merns with proper e@*Mo to secure strict accuracy, nnu 1 generalhl^ good deal of laxity prevailed in the depslSss with aw> tof efflcicrt check or control (fiKj|| expenditui eof both money svad stores. TfciM^ * \m by the Auditor will do much tovspl^ medy-ig this; but the Public Works dep#|w is now on the eve of dissolution. For a Ujo& it has bean growing more and more evifSpfS? as public works were extended over the rfS''; the existing department was becoming cent'':' » and that the funds would be more eflicientfep if locally administered. A bill has noffp« passed the Council, by wbicb. the T§R-*" is divided into distrfcts, and in each disil*® amount alk trd by. the -Council out of tbcr^^> 'nd the li? ' urt Raised by rates is to be espSS u■ u .i- dirocftion of a* local board electeiMf? rite-payevs. This is in I-ct extending thrJ^ thecou --i/ the municipal system, whieli^lpt : found to work so well in 'Lyttelton andl^SS i church. •' \ A pub/ meeting wns held on Wednesdl^ • inj, ooiivened by Mr Cracroft Wilson. theSH ! for Chris'jcburcb in the House of Eepresa^^? j to considei, or rather to hear an pxpositi(#l|| views on vlie state of affairs in the Norttlfes ' nnd the expediency of summoning the iflf|? Mr Wilson's own opinion is against the %&4, £ being called together, and he seems to fc|bl§| peculiar view of constitutional govcrnrnc#^l ' a cousists in placingeveytbing under the^^ 1 ship of Sir G. Grey. The meeting, f seemed to be decidedly of opinion that tbf|§p|| ' he at least two sides of the question, aiiß^ voted, as an amendment to the original ( against calling, the Assembly, that anot]AM|| „ meeting should bo held, at which nil tbe fWk 6 tatives of Canterbury in the General !?|p ° should bo invited to attend, and deliver tso?- b timents on the state of the colonv, and ££IjSf a affairs in particular. The meeting isf^tfi Monday week, and I expect will be" tbe JjjfK tl both for attendance and speechifying, «|$ h most important, ever held in Canterbury^ f t Christchurchhas been \m usually well '■£s£ in the: way of.public amusements : vt&%s 'v? al is, for Christbhurch, which, it must be -iMf gi not a placewhere gaiety is earned to an«£Kt T year or two ago we thought it quite s#^ 7~ about once a quarter we were enlive@% ■"' presence of some' wandering minstrel orfepl? Se ist. Poussard aha Douay first broke #Kl _ and since they left us, 1 think we have i^|S been absolutely 'without some kind of pfip-Q:' tainment. The Lancashire Bell Ringft'l last arrivals, and their performance e^fef very attractive, and deserrediv so, tov^& very superior class, and exceedingly *t:|*| hearing; W$L