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Bus-teas Notices. MM——•—.^l *~t_| CANTERbURr WEEKLY PRESS Established 1865. ON reaching the twenty.flfth year' of the publication of the flrsc weekly magazine in Canterbury, the Proprietors of the CANTERBURY W_i_K_~ PKiSsiS refer with extreme pleasure to tne success which has attended their efforu in the past, Consistent adhesion to tne policy that the best and earliest information on every subject, car—ally edited, must cause the WEEKLY PRESS to rank as the LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NEW ZEALAND Has proved the secret of their success, and readers may reel assured tnat no efforts will wanting in the future to maintain the HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE Already attained by thia most popular journal. The CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRESS is welcomed by ail sections of the community—by tbe business man, tbe farmer, the miner, ana the politician. In busy offices and in mountain huts, in social clubs and in way—de tents, it is alike eagerly welcomed. The shepherd in the back country and the prospector by some lonely mountain stream are constant readtrs. The saw miller in the beare of tne bush and the shearer in the noisy shed both turn to its pages for that recreation which is afforded by no contemporary. ITS WIDESPREAD POPULARITY Is due to the variety of its contents, both useful and amusing, which are most carefully chosen, and thu3 meet tbe requirements of all sorts and conditions of men—aud women. The Bterling character of the articles in the \VKKKL\ PKEaS, collated and written by a large staff of contributors in both tbe Old and New Worlds, has placed it in the foremost rank of Colonial journals. THE AGRICULTURAL COLUMNS Are under the care of an expert whose knowledge of his subject is second to that of no one in the colony, and the treatment whioh Agricultural and Pastoral subjects have received at his hands has called forth the highest encomiums from those in a position to judge and has gained the confidence of all practical farmers, therefore upon these topics the WEEKLY PKESS has long ruled, as an authority, and in England and Australia it is always quoted as the recognised authority on New Zealand farming. THK SPORf OF KINGS, As racing has been termed, is made a specia feature of the CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRH.S3S. The columns devoted to this subject, dear to the hearts of all colonials, are edited by a gentleman who has the advantage of knowing the North and South Islands equally well, and readers may, therefore, rely on getting the best and latest information about racing matters in Auckland, Napier, Wanganui. Wellington, Canterbury, We-tland and Otago. The staff of Sporting Correspondents possessed by the WEEKLY PRESS is the best of its kind in the colony, and only the most reliable information is published. Favoritism finds no .place.in these columns and wnile no personadties are indulged in, any thing like unfair and unsportsmanlike tactics meet with their due reward, and the WEEKLY PRESS speaks out xearlesaly and without respect of persons, be it steward, starter, iudpe, jockey or owner. The page devoted to ATHLETIC SPORTS. M*y fairly be claimed to be the best of its kind in any paper published south of the line, and is regarded as such by all New Zealand Atbletes. Every description of Athletic spoits is dealt with, and under its presenc management this department of the CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRESS eclipses anything which has ever appeared in the colony, THE FOOTBALL, CRICKET, AND ROWING Columns are each allotted to experts in these manly sports. With regard to Football the WEEKLY PRkSS has become known to every player in the two islands for its brilliant descriptions of play, the sound advice it has given and the clear explanations of the knotty points wbich have from time to time arisen In New Zealand and whioh have been referred to it. The intellectual recreation afforded by CH&SS AND DRAUGHTS Has not been lost sight of, and the two games under very able editorship, occupy a worthy place in tne paper every week. The Puzzler ia another excellently managed column. THE LITERAROEPARTMENT Of the CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRESS Is another of its strongest points, and it is in this department that it has perhaps dono the greatest amount of good work. It is with satisfaction that the proprietors of the CANTERBURY W-iEKLY PRESS can declare that nothing has ever beeu printed n their paper to which the least objection could be taken on the score of impropriety. The high standard of the articles which have been published in tbe WEEKLY PRESS have given it the position of THE BtiST FAMILY PAPER Published to the colony.

Without wishing' to cast a alar on any of its contemporaries, several of winch have been considerably improved by competition with the ever popular WEEKLY PRESS, it may be said thac no journal issued in New Zealand has done so much to improve the taste of its readers in matters literary as the WEEKLY PRESS has done. Headers of all sorts and Bizas can always find something amusing and instructive iv this department, and can never put down tbe paper without being better men, women, or children for what they nave read. There are two or three special features connected with this department to whicn attention is directed. In the first place, tbe Serial Novels which from time to time have appeared in the WEEKLY PRESS have always been ABSOLUTELY NEW to the people of the colony. No novel which can already be obtained at any bookseller's in a cheap Australian edition is published. The novels which appear in the WEEKLY PRESS appear at the same time in some of the best English weekly papers, and until they have run their course in these papers they do not appear in book form. The serials, it may be added, are all by English novelists of the first rank. Another feature is one in which the WEEKLY PRESS stands alone. Instead of completely filling the paper with a collection of articles reprinted from English, American, and Australian papers the Editor has gradually nrrounded himself with a STAFF OF LITERARY CONTRIBUTORS, whose names have become honsehold words from the Tnree Kings to Stewart Island, and from one coast to the other. No other paper published in the colonyhas such a staff, and tae management of the WEEKLY PRESS take credit for the acumen with which it has been selected and the encouragement which has been extended to really gifted and capable writers. All departments of literature re represented In this gathering, and the excellence of the contributed stories, verses, essays, and sketches which have helped to make tbe WEEKLY PRESS the MOST POPULAR WEEKLY PAPER in New Zealand is recognised all over the colony. it _ with feelings ot pleasure and pride that the proprietors of the WEEKLY PRESS draw the attention of their large circle of readers to the success which has attended the etfoits of some of their contributions in wider fields than this colony offers. "M. C. V."has had her charming verses p.inted in "Longman's" and other magazines, and essays by the same talented lady have appeared in the " Atlantio Monthly," one of the best literary American magazine— Fresh and graphic articles by " The Warrigal "appeared in twelve consecutive issues of the widely-ciiculated Melbourne "Leader," and "The Field," the recognised English authority on sport, has alsp printed several clever sketches of New Zealano sport from the same facile pen. "AustraL" some of whose verses were recently printed by the critical London weekly, the -Spectator, has been a frequent contributor of prose and noetry to the columns of the WEEKLY PRESS; and Scott Webster's masterly novel. "Lowes." which recenty appeared in this journal, has drawn high praise rrom competent authorities on English fiction. Several other contributors have also had articles accepted by the chief Australian weekly .papers. "M. M> who writes specially for the WEEKLY PRESS the cleverest pen-pictures of modern Far— ever published in any journal, is an occasional contributor to the "Spectator and other highclass English journals. THE WEEKLY PRESS Is the newspaper which provides for the re quire—en— of persons engaged in the world's markets, The COMMERCIAL INFORMATION Contained in THE CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRESS has earned a deserved reputation for reliability, and constituted pre-eminently a standard for reference. By a kindly co-opera-tion and support from the publio wbich tbe proprietors oi¥HBCANT_RfiURY WEEKLY PRESS hereby acknowledge in grateful terras THE PEOPLE'S PAPER, By its ever increasing circulation among fanners, stock owners, commercial men, persons engaged in trade, private famiHtfa. and through sea-going vessels, railway and coach tines, reaching every office or fireside in the to-n-hips of its circuit, renders THE CANTERBURY WEEKLY PRESS the vada mecum—te best vebicla