CANTERBURY.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3

CANTERBURY.

I % Thatcher has returned to banfcerbiiry, and -is,, we hear, about tq-giTetarseries of concerts in Christchurch.^ J ..> ... . • ;y v/ :pA.-M^-Ar^: !^ ThelJPress says .":— " ; We understand from good aujthority that a.considerable, delay, isheing caused, to the ; coro'pletibn Of the 'teiegVaph- through^'the ; Middle Island, : ff6ml the 'disorganisation of the. General Government, whichrnhasT occasioned a hitch^ with, the i finance3.to bo appropriated for thi3 ; purpose." ;.•-•'> xi., ; : .. ;. t : Ttve; same • jouraal alludes tq_ ;the Canterbury. Cavalry Corps in the subjoined paragraph : — ■ " Tlio General . Gx)vernihent .have .lost- no time in accepting the proffered services of the Volunteer Cavalry.., The election pf the nominated officers -ha ! s r been cbnfirmed/and'tne necessary arms and ; acc6utrenients .^^ye arrived in Christchurch. . These jconsist of 150 sabres arid carbines, together witli'the i belt* and cartouch boxes. The carbinesare Calaisher & Terry's breech-loading rifle^ the .weight of which is we belieye. about 6 lbs. 'These arms are sighted up to i,I6CT yards, and for nnish and' simplicity of construction are equal to any Q-bverhment weapon. In the- buit of the rifle the cleatier to be fitted to .the xamrod is kept; together i with thelivsre,flcraper fprjcelieTing the interior of the barrel from any particles of. lead that may adhere. The plan for opening the breech is very ingenious and effective, and the arm can behandleid with safety by a'novice. "VVe have not 'heard any ammunition has been received at the 'same time." ■'""■'■■':■ ; ■'. , : .-■ ■ '^—4 — '— — ' ■