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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5243, 12 January 1878, Page 2

rnHE NEW ZEALAND MAIL JL is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. „ . B 7 Post or Coach, 6s. Gd.; Town delivery, 6s. quarterly. CONTEXTS FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 12. PA.OK. A.DVKRTIBEMEST3 .. .. .. 1,2, 22, 23,24 Select Poetry—The Farmer’s Wife .. .. 3 Odds and Ends 3 Ladies’ Column— Worth's New Dress—Parisian Novelties—Recipes .. .. .. ... 3 Tub Novelist Three Feathers. Chapters XXXV. and XXXVI ,*• 4 Hoik Opinion— Sir J. Vogel on New ZealandNew Zealand 5 The Politician— The Hon. Mr. Bowen’s Speech at Kaiapoi—The Hon. W. Reynolds at Port Chalmers ® News by the Mail .. .. .. .. ** I Russo-Turkish War—Great Battle in Asia .. S Telegraphic News .. .. Shipping Intelligence Commercial News ]] The Wellington Markets .. •• H Announcements —Births, Marriages, and Deaths 12 Leading Articles Talk, of the Week Town News .. , Amusements •• J* Law Intelligence •• •• Country News J® Chess •• •• .. .. •• IG Intercolonial News—The Victorian Land Tax —Thn Future Australian Race—German Immigration to the Australian Colonies.. .. 18 Clippings—Breechloaders and Big Guns at the Cape—The Last Thing in Hotels—What the World Says—The Disturbances at the CapoEnd of the Nez Perco War—The Red CrossTerrible Colliery Explosion in Scotland—Our English Paper ’Currency —Love and Murder B inltaljr .. .. - 18 Spouting Cricket —Christchurch v. Wellington—Australian Eleven Cricket Match .. ~ • • ”0 Farm and Gardes— What May he Bone With Seven Acres—Milk and Butter—English Prize Farms—Animal Ailments—Farm Poultry .. 21 Obituary Mr, Forster on Education .. JUST PUBLISHED. THE WELLINGTON ALMANACK AND WEST COAST, WANGANUI, AND WAIRAEAPA DIRECTORY FOR 1878. Published at tho office of the New Zealand Times.) CONTENTS: Plan of this City of Wellington, by Mr. C. O’Neill, C.E., showing every section of land in tho city, the distances of each locality from the Post Office, the line of tramway, and all the new Government Buildings Directory, showing locality of the various departments, with the numbers and occupiers of each room. Astronomical Notes, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock. Sailing Directions (revised by Captain Renner), with all the latest notifications of the Marino Board. Article Descriptive of New Zealand, and Wellington in particular, with statistics. Commercial Statistics. Portrait of Ids Excellency the Governor, with sketch of his career. Biographical Sketch of tho late Sir Donald McLean. Meteorological Observations, with Monthly Notes, by Mr. K, B. Gore. Calendar and Diary, with Equation of Time, Sun s Declination, Sun’s Rising and Setting, Moon’s Meridian Passage, Time of High Water, Moon’s Gardener’s’Calendar, with additions, amongst which is a useful table showing the approximate time taken by agricultural, vegetable, and flower seeds to germinate ; also 17 pages of useful information for farms and stations. Telegraph Regulations in full, with examples of telegrams and charges for same to the Australian Colonies and England. The Postal Guide contains all necessary information, with rates of Postage to Foreign parts. Customs Duties, Custom House Tables, Wellington Chamber of Commerce Charges. Descriptive Article on the Colony of New Zealand i and the Provincial District of Wellington. Supreme and Resident Magistrate's Courts Fees, Justices of Peace tor the Colony, Stamp Duties, Notes on Time-Ball. Register of English Horse Races, Aquatic Championship of England, AU-England Cricket Matches, Football, etc. Corporation Scale of Charges for Carts, Express Waggons, Hackney Carriages, Boats, etc. Memorabilia, 1876 and 1877. Official Directory for the Colony and for the Provincial District of Wellington. New Zealand Army List. List of Public Institutions, Companies, Banks, etc., in Wellington. Street Directory tor Wellington City ; also. Alphabetical Directory for same. Country Districts Directory. The Events which led to the Turco-Russian War. Article descriptive of the Boundaries of the Ridings into which the Counties within the old Province of Wellington have been divided. And other useful information. The present edition surpasses its predecessors, and will be found to be tho most reliable work of its kind in Wellington. Orders for copies received at office of New Zealand Times.

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