Page 4 Advertisements Column 3

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8200, 27 December 1904, Page 4

Business Notices. A PROGKE SIVE NATION AND A GO-AHEAD PAPER. GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE ACROSS ' THE SEA. TO THE PEOPLE OF. NEW ZEALAND. OWINIt to the Progressive Policy of the Government' of this colony the Pos-ial Department is now able to deliver this country's Newspapers and Journals to any part of the United Kingdom for ONE PENNY per papor, irrespective of weight. This will mean a great saving to those who regularly mail to the Old World THE "CANTERBURY TIMES," Which is known throughout New Zealand as THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR PAPER. "FACTS,. FEED ME ON FACTS." The famous Thomas Carlyle, in writing thiß, was well aware of the benefits to be derived from being fed on facts. And it is to the interest of New Zealandors to be told a few facts about the .." Canterbury Times." It is the oldest weekly paper, in Canterbury. It is the moat Reliable. It is the most Up-to-date. ■ It is the most Popular. Its various columns are edited by Experts of High Standing. It is a Disseminator of Knowledge. It is a Household Paper. It is admitted that its serial stories and Btoriettes are the Best given in any weekly magazine in New Zealand, and for this reason alone .It is the Favoured Journal of Lovers of Fiction. ' . Its special articles on important Colonial and Home Matters are Unsurpassed. It is, by its large circulation amongst householders, the Finest Advertising Medium in the colony. It is the Cheapest Sixpence Worth of Combined Illustration and Reading Matter that can possibly be sent to friends across the sea. For these and many other reasons it will be clear to the people of New Zealand that THE <• CANTERBURY TIMES " IS AN IDEAL WEEKLY JOURNAL. It only costs ONE PENNY to Mail this Splendid Production to your Friends at Home. There is no noed to hesitate in your choice of a paper; the "Canterbury' Times" supplies all your wants, whether it be in interesting reading matter or illustrations. POSTAL CHARGES. The rate of postage on newspapers, to the United Kingdom is now Id for each newspaper, irrespective of weight, but subject to the following conditions as to despatch:— lf under Boz (prepaid Id), sent by first available route; if over 803 (prepaid Id)', sent by direct steamer only; if prepaid less than Id, surcharged at printed paper rates and ; sent by direct steamer only; if wholly unpaid, detained and sent to Dead. Letter Office. Newspapers over Boz, via San Francisco or Federal route, Id first ounce, and Jd each additional % 2oz or fraction thereof HANDSOME Holiday, Birthday and Wedding Presents, suitable for all. Fletcher, Bros, have just^received tt spocial shipment of useful and ornajnentai goods. They are mokiug a splendid show in windows. Water Sets, complete, with tray, from ss. 9d; Tea Sets, 21 piece* from 7b 9d; Dinner. Sets from 19s Cd. Everything marked in plain hgures at Fletcher Bro*.\ Crockery Merchants, Lower High Sirtet. ; XBOI4 IMPERIAL Accordions from 7s 6d, 200 to - chooM Irom, at H. Atkinson's, 117, Man Chester Street V FIBBB LAWRENCE AND KIRGHER for Sets Ware, from 9a 6d to 60s. 18_ SLAMMING Doors now prevented by using May's Patent Door-holders. Sold by lead- ; .nar ironmongers... :...,• 346