"NEW ZEALAND SPORTING AND DRAMATIC REVIEW."

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 8

"NEW ZEALAND SPORTING AND DRAMATIC REVIEW."

Special Christmas Double Number— \\ Magnificent Production. Eagerly anticipated on account of the originality and charm of previous number!?, the Christmas issue of the "Xew Zealand. Sporting and Dramatic Review/' incorporating the usual weekly issue; is .a superb production. Exclusive features never before published in tins country adorn the pages, forming a splendid souvenir to forward overseas in the Xew Year. The gay coloured cover of a jester in cap and bells prepares one for the artistic treat nrovided inside, and the coloured offset frontispiece of a bathing Venus is typical of the summer season. Pride of place is given in the double centre pages to snapshots taken during a deer-stalking expedition, in the South Island. Many full l pages have been reserved for scenic wonders and the native ra.ee of. the Dominion. The full page study of "Te Tohunga Tapu" will immediately rivet the attention', and equally interesting are happy scenes at Rotorua, in the timber forests of Auckland province, and fairylike scenes at Wairakei. In direct contrast are other pages of original subjects. "Happy Childhood," "Shadows,"' "Spirit of Modern Muses," and funny animal studies. Nightmarch, the winner of the Melbourne Cup, with Roy Reed up, is the subject of the three coloured supplement,, a prized souvenir for admirers of this fine performer. In the ordinary section : one finds a generous budget of happenings from at home and abroad illustrated. In the vivid sclecti'in of snapshots of the Feilding ' and Takapnn'a meetings racing enthusiasts will be able to follow the progress of their pet fancies. Prize fox terriers' annual day out is pictured in a page that will delight the heart of all dog owners, and :of. quite a different nature is* a series of views of graceful whitewinged yachts racing on the Waitemata Harbour. "Anita Page, the charming motion picture actress smiles sweetly from the frontispiece, and fair bathers will revel in the page of ultra modern bathing suit fashions. Included in the extensive miscellany are Xew York skyscrapers, the English cricket team, luxury liner Mtlolo. inter-house girls' sports teams, motor racing at Brooklands. ami the ritual of removing the tapu at the Auckland War Museum. Readers arc reminded that there is only one more issue before the closing date of the free skill competition, with a prize of £250. The Christmas number is on sale at all booksellers and stationers, price. .1/6.—(Ad.)