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THE GAEDEN Is a magazine of useful information for horticulturists, written and prepared by a entleman of long colonial experience. MUSIC Is published in the " Weekly Press," consisting of songs, waltzes, Ac. THE DEAMATIC PAGE Is edited by " Orpheus," whose Notes are well known as a sure supply of pleasant and amusing information on __eatrical matters. THE NOVELIST. Under this head appear, published for the first time in New Zealand, high-class novels by the best English Authors. THE NArOBALIST Is a medium for conveying information about the most interesting part of man's dominion. Great care is exercised in the selection of this column, so that it shall contain always interesting and reliable pictures cf life. The " Weekly Press " NOTES are original comments on the passing show. They are written in a light and pleasing style, and readers declare they are worth their title. 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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6545, 14 September 1886, Page 4
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