THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF THB "CANTERBURY ; TIMES." 1 NOW PUBLISHED. SIXTY PAGES PRICE PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. SIXPENCE. CONTENTS:— * BUILDING A NATION V THE COLONY'S PROGRESS. • V This Historical Sketch should be read by every Elector before Polling Day. - ■ . '.""* ' ''. ■ ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES. THE CANTERBUOT PLAINS lifl85(KIN:1896. PASTORAL SETTLEMENT From. Runs ito Farms The Elsthorpe EBto te Closely Stocked ■ ■ - Sheep at Longbeuch , The Frozen Meat Trade AGRICULTURE : The Best Farm in the World In the Harvest Field Thousands of Acres of Grain The Reapers at Work /SETTLEMENT: Cheviot : Before and After The Last Shearing The First Woddrag The State Farm DAIRYING: A Successful Industry ■.-.".- --" A Model Factory A Dairy Farm FRUIT-GROW VG: A Source of Wealth Natural Advantages , FLAX: A Native Product An Important Industry MINING* s ' ,,-':-. '..':L. ';:...... Gold and Coal. . How the Precious Metal is Wdn Miners arid Their Surroundings ';-, Mining Townships ' j :. MANUFACTURE^:- . " Self-reliance, Progress dud Success- ' ' POLITICAL: A Progressive Nation Legislation and Prosperity "THE LAST SIX YEARS :" EOME RESULTS. ELECTORS ! BUY AND EEADt SPECIAL CHRISTMAS STORY ii THE PRINCESS OF ONAWE;" BY MISS JESSIE MACKAY. , A Romantic Story of the Early Days ou Banks Peninsula. CHRISTMAS PRIZE STORIES. THE BETTER WAY— By the late Mr J. Slesser. THE STRANGER MAID— By Miss L. M. Rowley, Timaru. THE FATAL PICNIC— By Miss G. Moore, Pahiatua. BASSANIO UP TO DATEBy Miss E. Isitt, Christchurch. CHRISTMAS READING (IM PROSE AND VERSE.) CHRISTMAS VISITORS AT ONSLOW GARDENS, by W. Pett Ridge. NEXT OF KIN, by George R. Sims. ANCIENT CHRISTIAN CUSTOMS— Pagan nnd Semi-Pagan Observances. THE MASTER'S GREAT LESSON— Jewels Five Words Long. CHRISTMAS EVE SUPERSTITIONS. UNDER TROPICAL SKIESQhristmas in the East. THE RUSSIAN SANTA CLAUS. YULE-TIDE MEMORIES— The Sway of King Christmas. CHRISTMAS WITH ROYALTY- ■ Festivities in the Palace. THE ROMAN BEFANA— Twelfth Night in the Eternal City. CHRISTMAS POETRY. THE CHRISTMAS SONG OF CiBDMON. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. CHRISTMAS TIDE. THE BURIED CHIMES OF CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS BELLS. THE BEST CHRISTMAS NUMBER Ever Issued in the Colonies. SIXTY PAGES-PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, PRICE SIXPENCE. Must be Read by Everybody. On Sale by all Booksellers and Newsagents hi the colony. \
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5735, 1 December 1896, Page 2
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344Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 5735, 1 December 1896, Page 2
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