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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2830, 28 April 1877, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES. Monday, April 30. For Northern Provinces, per Taranaki, at 1.50 p.m.; late letters, 2.10 p.m. ; railway station, 2.39 p.L;. train. Tuesday, May 1. For Wellington and Nelson, per Arawata. For United Kingdom, via Son Francißco, on Friday, May 4.

THE 'CANTERBURY TIMES.' THE Proprietors of this Journal have effected considerable improvements, with the view of rendering it more attractive to both Town ond Country readers. Its size has now been increased to Twenty-Four Pages, thereby xasTdng it one of the LAEGEBT WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS in the Colony. The reading matter is arranged on a new basis, and TO-DAY'S issue contains:— Page. Advxbhssheztts ... .... • 1.12,24 Asbiouxtubai, ahd Pastobai, — On Breeding, Treatment of Cows before and after Calving, How to Select Dairy Cows, Cracked Heels and Mud Fever in Horses, Atrricultural Statistics, Can Sex be Produced at Will, Gleanings 2 Athletic— Crossland v. O'Leary, Fastest Professional Walking Bace on Eecord, Fastest Amateur Bace on Becord, Champion Bicycle Bace „i ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• *> Aquatic— Oxford v. Cambridge Bace, Champion Sculling Bace 5 Bibths, Maeeiages, axd Deaths 12 OOKMBBOIAL— Stock and Stations, Breadstuffs, Interprovincisi, Colonial, English 10 •Chess— Grand Prize Problem, Chess in New York, Chesßin Sydney, Christchurch Chess Club 3 Cbicket— Local Notes,(by Short Leg), M.C.C.C. Averages, Projected Visit of an Australian Eleven to England ... — 4 Dbasiatic Doings (by Eupolis) l*. lo Edmobial— Mr Bolleston's Address, Civil Service Eeform, Mr Stout's Letter 19 The System of Audit. The Eegistration Act, Mr Stafford and the Press 20 Pootball— Local Notes (by Bugby Union), Christchuroh Match, International Match England v. Scotland 5 Gabden— Work for the Week, Heavy Bunches of Grapes, Bopairing Fences, Storing Cauliflowers, House Plant Culture, Gigantic Fuohßias ••• — 3 Genebal Aeticles— A Mountain of Kerbstones, The Turkish Plan of Operations, The Bussian Army, The Imprisonment of the Eev Mr Tooth, Fatal Colliery Disaster 6 Sydney Exhibition 9 IiATE News— Cable Messages, Interprovincial Telegrams, Sporting, Canterbury Agricultural and Paßtorel Association, Political 12, 13 IiTTEBATHRE— DaIe3 Hollow 21 Old Griggs 23 ladies' Column— How to Wash Woollen Things Gymnastic Exercises for Girls 5 Mail News 8,9 JUaoibtbbial— Christchurch, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, Bangiora,Malvern,Aßhburton,andTimaru 16, 17 Meetings— Acclimatisation Society, Akaroa Eoad Works 17 Harbour Board, Heathcote Eoad Board, Drainage Meeting, Permanent Investment Association 18 Mikutw: •■• ° MISCELLAXY « _ — ,»» '• 8 Pigeons and Poultby— Our Poultry Yards (by Chantioleer) Pigeon Flying Club, Dubbing Game Cocks, Boup, Aylesbury Ducks, Dodges at Poultry Shows ... ... ». .... ... 3 Poetbt— Bemember, He s a Man, Three Friends, Fairies, The Destruction of Somnolency ... 21 Sciehtific Gossir (bySALViA) 14 SaiFFnra ... . ••• 10 Sfobtisg— Bacing Calendar, Hunting Appointments, Weights for Ashburton Baoes, Hunt Club Meet, Waterloo Cup Coursing Bace. A Bacing Swindle, A Novel Hunt, Trotting Bace against Time, English and French Bace Horses, The French Horse Chamant, Horses Poisoned by Arsenic 4 Timaru Baces Z Supreme Coubt 16 The Editob's Absi Chair— The Spider in Love, Praising the Baby, Courting in Russia, The Grasshopper, The Sufferings of the Bich ... 23 The Fabce of It (by Saxdfly) 14 towm and country 15,16 Teleobams 11,12 The Puzzleb— Original Puzzles, Solutions of Puzzles ... • 3 «• Useful Hints" — To Purify Water, Corn Bread, French Honey, Sponge Cakes, Old Newspapers, Tomato Salad, To Cure Asthma, How to Boil Beetroot, Hints on the Making ol Bread ... .» ■ 3 As a Weekly Becord of Local, Colonial, and Orelgn THE*" CANTEBBUBY TIMES" Is unsurpassed in the Colony, and having three -times the circulation of any. other Journal of the same character 'in Canterbury, it is a splendid medium for ADVEBTISING. The " CANTEBBUBY TIMES" may be obtained from a.U the Stationers in Christchnrch and authorised Agents in various parts of the Province. It is delivered by hand to subscribers residing •within a radius of six miles from Chriatchurch, and is forwarded to the ontlying districts by the early morning trains. If desired, the paper will be posted to any address, either in or beyond the Colony ; allorderß addressed to the Manager receiving immediate attention. PUBLISHED EVEBY SATUBDAY. PBICE— SIXPENCE. TWO Comfortable Five roomed COTTAGES to Let— one in Hereford atreet Eaat ; one Cashel Btreet East, near Stanmore Lane. Apply to Mr WHEELEB, Hereford etreet Eaet. 1218 TO WOBE3NG MEN AND OTHERS. ffIHE Unsold Lots of Mr Bing'a Land by X the North- east Belt, are now open [for nritate wde^- - 20 Choice SECTIONS, at from £35 to £42 per quarter-acre. .«■.-■■;- ■ ..-. Term»: One-fifth Cash ; balance ranging over three jean. A phanbe that ought not to be overJtopkedf -- „ ._ - :■■:•■;■ - OH ABLES OLABK, Auctioneer.; -iaifr ;.- ;^;,^ ; \ ;-;;-^^>r ■■r.f^M?