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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 8033, 4 December 1886, Page 3

Produce. WE ABE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBKEAL CASH ADVANCEB ON nrrOOL AND PEODUCE Placed in our hands for Bale in the London, Foreign, and Colonial Markets, INDENTS executed on America, Australia, England, the Continent, China, and Mauritius. As we order largely ourselves, we can always ensure the lawost freights and minimum charges. Wood, Shand, and Co importers of british, american, and foreign merchandise, Hereford Street. 2109 -E are P UKOHASERS o£ JUUTTKR CHEESE, and are prepared to t Liberal Cash Advances against any Fai Produce consigned to our Firm in Sydney, or to our Brisbane Branch. JOHN MELLIDAT & CO., 142, Cashel Btreet, Chrislohuroh. Head Offloe: 161, Sussex street, Sydney. Branch: Eagle street. Brisbane. O O L. WOOL. WOOL, STORED AND SORTED AT CURRENT RATES, In our Large, Dry Warehouses, on SOLD AND SHIPPED ON COMMISSION To London, Foreign, or Colonial Markets, if desired. F. W. DAVIDSON & CO., Seed, Hop, Grain, and Wool Brokers. Warehouses—lo 7, Cashel street and Bedford Row. K.t»M;.v, m «i,t_ 125, Colombo street, Christchurch. At Bedford Row Mills, ON SALE, New Turnip Seeds, &c, Cut Oaten Sheaf, &c. ADELAIDE, S.A. PEODUCE SALESMEN. A.« W« SaNDFOED & V^OMPY., 21, Currie street, HOLD AUCTION SALES OF PRODUCE TWICE WEEKLY, *nd have Special Facilities for Disposing of Consignments of OATS, CHEESE, BUTTISR, HOPS, MALT, &c. ( &c. Prompt Account Bales. Cable Address :—Sandford, Adelaide. 5763 Publications. • OCAL GOVERNMENT GUIDE, i AND RATEPAYERS' MANUAL: >r üße of City Corporations, Cou»ty Councils, Road Boards, Tewn Boards. Together with Comprehensive and Exhaustive Alphabetical and General Indices. Inuex to Forms, Time Tables, *o. This Valuable BOOK OF REFERENCE, Compiled for uso of Ratepayers as well as Local '•'oc'ies, BT WILFRED BADGER, Solicitob, WILL BH PUBLISHED ON OB ABOUT DEC. 14,1556. Price in Blue Book Covers 10/- „ Plain Cloth Covers 12/-Half-Calf and Lettered ... 14/9 Subscribers are requested to state how they wish to have their Copies forwarded, and to remit to THE MANAGER. ••Lyttelton Times" Office, 9458 Christchnrch. SECOND EDITION OF BADGER'S EW ZEALAND STATUTES, la Two Volumes (from 1842 to 1884 inomsive). NOW REDUCED TN PRICE TO £1 ss,5 s , Or, Bound in Half-calf, Gold-lettered, with Name of Purchaser Stamped on Each Volume, £2 2 s As only a very limited number of the Second Edition of this valuable work retrains unsold, Intending purchasers are advised to send in their orders as early as possible. Btatutes in Bine Paper Covers ... £1 6s „ „ Cloth , «l 10s Half-calf, Lettered, *c «2 2a When ordering please state .which bin ling is required. Persons wishing to secure this valuab work, now published at a price which is within tae reach of everyone, should send in their orders early to CSIMPSON & I L L I A M S, BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS Christchnrch. THE CANTERBURY TIMES. HRISTMAS COLONIAL LITERATURE. PRIZE STORIES. Amongst the Many other Attractions OF THEIIt CHRISTMAS NUMBER, THE PROPRIETORS OF THE "CANTERBURY TIKES" Have much Pleasure in Offering FOUR PHIZES, Of £2 2s eacb, ron ORIGINAL STORIES, To be inserted in the CHRISTMASNUMBEE OF THE "CANTERBURY TIME S." CONDITIONS : The stones are to have nothing whatever to do with Christmas Day or with Christmas Eve, with Haunted Halls or Ancestral Ghosts, or with the in rejoicing family circles of longlost relatives. Not more thsn two murders will be allowed per story, and a suicide will count »s a murder. The heroine is not on any cori'side-ation to go mad, nor is she to have either "rippling golden hair" or "deep violet eyes," or both. The M.S. must bo legibly written on one side of the paper only, and must be sent so as to roach the Editor by Dec. 15 next'. The length must not exceed three columns of the " Canterbury Times." The real name and address of author or authores3 inst be sent, and the names and addresses of the v rize-winners will be published with their stories as a guarantee of fair play to onr readers. Unsuccessful manuscripts will be returned unless kept for publication. In the latter case the writers may. If thev please, notify their objection, when the M.d.S. will be at once returned to them. [!n business of this kind we use only the stamps of our contributors.] PRIZE No. 1. £2 2s, "THE LADIES' STORY." Must be written by a New Zealand Lady. M.S.S. should have " Ladies'Story " written on the outside. PRIZE Ko. 2, £2 2s, "A STORY FOR CHILDREN." Must be a Tale or Collection of Anecdotes adapted for children nnder the age of fourteen. " Story for Children" to he written on the outside. PEIZE No, 3, £2 2s, " A TALE OF THE MAORIS." Must chiefly deal with the Native Raee, hut is not otherwise restricted. " Maori Tale " to be written on the outside. PRIZE No. 4, £2 2s, "A STOEY OF COLONIAL LIFE." Must deal with Open -air Life on a Farm, Btation, or Goldfleld in New Zealand or Australia. " Colonial Story ** to be written on the outside. CHRISTMAS NUMBER.