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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7229, 1 May 1884, Page 7

Publications. STEADY PBOGBESS, J|UDICIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, RAPID INCREASE OP CIRCULATION Am tho Distinguishing characteristics JLHE i_MNTEBBUBY XIMES," Whioh Is acknowledged to be unquestionably the MOST ENTEETAININO AND INSTRUCTIVE NEW ZEALAND, While at the siuiie time it has a far LAEGER COLONIAL CIRCULATION Than any other Weekly Paper published n tho Colony. One of the j ost striking features in modern ouxuolism is the attention devoted to FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE In which the Proprietors of the "Canterbury Timeß " have displayed marked enterprise. High class correspondents have been appointed in England and Australia, And their letters being;written with.speoial regard to the requirements of New Zealand readers, possess a value much superior to the wretched extioot matter which constitutes the foreign; news in the other weekly papers of this Colony. Agriculture, Racing, The Drama, The Ladies' Column, and General News, has each its special foreign correspondent. Articles may therefore be relied upon for Sound Practical Advice, While the quality of the selected matter is also assured. These are invaluable considerations To Farmers and Horticulturists, whether they be old Colonists or new arrivals. is made a leading feature in the "Canterbury Times," every branch of English pastime being represented in its columns. In no other New Zealand journal do Receive so much attention as in the " Canterbury Times," which has fairly earned for itself the title of The New Zealand Bell's Life. Competent writers are kept for each branch of Colonial Sport, and the collated items of news cover the whole range of English, American, and Australian Sportino, As reported in the leading journals of the day.

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