THE DEPARTURE OF A CONTINGENT FOR THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 242, 11 October 1902, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE DEPARTURE OF A CONTINGENT FOR THE WAR.

There is not a picture of the hundred and thirty which would not grace a frame, not to mention the presentation plate, which is equal to any oil painting.

"A New Zealand Santa Clans"—Owl of the happiest ideas for a frontispiece, being a charming native and European child study. "Christmas: The Old and the New"— A very effective combination of the snowy Christmastide in the Old Country and the sunny; Christmas season here. "A Typical Bush Home." "Boxing Day in New Zealand"—A! series of pictures representing the holiday - making crowds crowding aboard excursion steamers, sailing in yachts or picnicking on Boxing Day. "Ancient Carvings." "The Greatest Geyser in the World" —A series of pictures showing the Waimangu Geyser in its mostl effective aspects, the weird surroundings of the valley, touristcooking breakfast in the boiling soil—a strange sight —and a record eruption of- the g-iant. A1 graphic description of the geyse. in eruption accompanies the pic tures, which are most striking. "The Sportsman's Paradise" —Scenerepresenting trout-fishing la Southern and Northern streams, ladies at the gentle craft, pheasant shooting, etc. "A New Zealand Sheep Station"—Aß the operations of a sheep station described in pastoral pictures oimuch beauty. "Among the Southern Lakes"—Th. Christmas "Graphic" contains al selection of somfe of the niosll beautiful lake _cenery in th. South. "Before the Pakeha Came"—Fine arl engraving. "Camping Out Scenes"—The pleasures of camping out in summer time in different parts of NeW Zealand are shown in a series of views.

"Wellington: The Empire City*'—Alt entirely new view of the capital. "Auckland: The Queen of tM North" — Hitherto unpublished views of the Northern city, taken since the recent improvements. "By Mountain, Stream and Sea"-' Views typical of New Zealand a< its best. "The Kings of the Forest" —Fine, pictures of the kauri industry, comprising a photogravure of one of the oldest kauris in the North? scenes at the timber booms, with! over a million feet of logs ready to be swept down; logs coming over the Wairoa Falls; a basil fire, etc. "Mountaineering in New Zealand*— \ Pictures of climbers negotiating the most dangerous ascents ia the Southern Alps.

"A Great Maori. Regatta"—Fine panorama of the Ngaruawahia Regatta. "Maoriland's Hot Water Babies"—Entirely new and striking pictures] of native child life in the Hot] Lakes district, including diving&t Whakarewarewa, bathing in the warm pools, and dancing jnveidW hakas. Burial Caves of RotoitrMJi* the shores of this lovely lake ai number of burial caves have been discovered within the last feW months. The "Graphic" deals' with these pictorially. "Tapp"—Descriptions and illustrations of some of the most sacred thing's of the Mnori, such as the sacred Matai. the tapn burial water of Rotoehu. the sacred fla* bush. Te Matau-tonga, etc. "Shark Fishing"—A most interesting picture of shark fishing off tha New Zealand coast. "A Great Maori Feast"—Another uninue picture, showing- the hafbaric plenty—sacks of potatoes, dozens of dead nls-s and scores of bank notes, all in one mixed heap—at one of the great Maori feasts held reoentlv. "Yaehtin? in Auckland Harbour." "Scenes in Fir"—Tronic landscapes representative ofv.the beauty, oi these islands. onr3.eierhbo"r°. and perhaps one day tb be united pott* ticallv to us. "Gumdiorr.-no- ?„ f^p North"—A cha* aoteristio scene. "An Island Home"—Lar_rn .omposit* picture, measuring 21in by 13§V Suitable for framing. "The Old Order Chansreth"—A' witf beautiful double-parr. ensTavingV measuring 2Un by 13in.