THE NEWS OF THE WEEK TOLD IN PICTURE

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10871, 22 January 1901, Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK TOLD IN PICTURE

NEW ZEALAND BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

The New Zealand B-wlin*; Tournament attracted phyc-- from North and South, and never has the Royal Came b-_n played under mere favourable circumstances. Tlie "Weekly I"-.?--*." to be published to-morrow, contains the finest collection of pictures ever published in connection with a tournament in New -caiund. The photographer has shown -,:■> the principal payers in characteristic attitudes, and a study of these pictures is almost an education in the game. CYMXASTK' COMPETITION AT THE -CUILEE EXHIBITION. One cf the most interestini* competitions held during the term of the Exhibition was thai in which Wellington and Canterbury cuaip.'ts-i Lii* pride o. place in gymnastics. The Wellington ladies' team gave a really wonderful exhibition, the judge being much struck with the skill and physical culture displayed. The Welling-or* ladies' and men's teams form tlte subject of a page of illustrations in the "'Weekly Press." OPENINO OF THE MA-TE-TO-" WATERWORKS. The agitation for high-pressure water supply is no new one in New Zealand, and even in Christchurch. where we have such a wonderful artesian supply, we hear thc cry for an improvement. One of the latest towns in the colony wliich has tiken up tlie idea, and carried it to a successful issue, is Masterton, and how they celebrated the opening is shown picloria'.ly in tliis week's "Weekly Press," where there are also pictures of the Lower Intake, the l.tiamahanga River. Testing tho Force of the Water, and others. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. The Right Hon. Edmund Barton, as the first Premier cf Federated Australia, must always occii. v a high position in tha history of the Island Continent, and, therefore, a large, picture of that gentleman, which appears in the "Weekly Press." is csctrdiiigly valuable. There are also further pictures of the Commonwealth Cal?brations. which complete the series published last week. These, however, by no means exhaust th? large collection of pictures in the issue, as there aie a couple ot pictures of THE GREYMOUTH LADIES' KHAKI CORPS, of which so much has been heard lately, a large number of views of tha Nelson Agricultural and Pastor::! .Show, the Auckland Caledonian sports, a couple of pictures of THE GREAT: FIRE IN AUCKLAND, and others wliich coyer events from Auckland to the Bluif. In the literary department the stories are bright, sparkling, and up-to-date, while the other sections of the pap-i !:_p up their reputation as being t„_ best ill—.lined and smartest in the colon*.-.