THE ERUPTION AT MARTINIQUE.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11278, 20 May 1902, Page 5

THE ERUPTION AT MARTINIQUE.

LP , THE MAKOHINE VIADUCT.

m, THE HILLSBOROUGH ENCAMPMENT.

JJC • "THE' WEEKLY PRESS." !*;-_ The volcanic eruption in th»West Indies, if.-, whewby the beautiful island of Martinique become virtually depopulated, is the i most prominent feature in <the pictorial f <p; new* of this vreek's "Weekly Press." &. Various soenea in (the hdand are shown, h and readers will gather from thtw, pj; »»nd from the de*criptk>np and in-tesr-Jt i«ws puWUhed, a fairly correct idea of the .beautiful and interesting country that hat >en (knrwtAttd. Of New Zealand itat». ; there are the Napier abattoirs and the ' wonderful MakoHme viaduct, which is one -, el the most notable engineering feaU in New Zealand. In connection with the MakoHne viaduct, it may be mentioned that '. the whole of the structure ha« been made *fc ffc» workshops, situated about a mile from the rite, from steel and iron in the .•--***«* m which it >ft the rolling mils. The % |V ***ging «n which the superstructure is beA %"■>- - i°g «Wted consist* mainly of timber can- | I _ tflettrt,* projecting from the oentral piers. f p / !^P (at^S t h^!Wte » them timljer-tru«sed 5 lv <*™? n ' Quier special features are pictures '< "* o P t ™ n B ot the Masterton Railway | *i. Station, the laying of foundation stones at j : iv • Bt, Albans and Sydenham, as well as a ' ) I of excellent views of Picton. Be- . jj* '«3eß these there are a large number of ] %"ftl tt f »lh»trationsi whioh ktep the colony i jfc' *$ *h *nng«wel beforethe pufclk. Vol- ■ | A- WBteers, especially local ones, will be glad to | %y**s the volunteer encampment at t '■; ' HUWborough In 1865. To modern volun,l >, -*JW»wd»will show,how their fathers did '* * ~ Bsr' £ # while to the, veterans the en--4 .;' *i*™>£ will recall memories of good times }-' . «P«nt with comrades in uniform. The - picture b given in connection with the oaMbratwn of tlie Battle of Hillsborough, twn?* 1 ** to bo held at the Christchurch ,?™Wwd on Saturday next. Of especial -> . interact among the literary contents is the JJjWKJig chapter of a new serial by Bernard ****» entitled "Caahel Bvron'a Profession," recommend with confidence to w» attention d New Zealanders. The short •wjr "Miss Wilard's dog." and lan Mac*2?* "^ 6 M ' n °* Book-Borrowing.") also . . Wjt attention, and there are some more J™ Mr Inspector Pender's entertaining Rtminiscence*." In the Farmer will vj■ j* fotind editorial notes on manurv< 2£ **"« w '>wit crop, and on % :7. j?* American Beef Trust, and in connecj :, tion with the former subject there is a re's l*>rt by Mr W. Lowric on experiments .'- that are beinsr conducted at the Canter- ■ ''"■• i 7 A B ricn l tural College. Horws-breedcra At i nstruct ' T » information in a i .-: «<!drtss by General Hufcton on Australian :jr**w»«-hreeding. A subject of >a>naiderable =, ,p >at«r«i to jtheepowners is a report of a ■ Jl *«etin? of Canterbury pamoralists, at which i "I' 5 on °f Sheepowners was formed. Pro--1 -J' r *"* Notes from London. Stock. Dairy, ,: f «nd Farm Notes, new* from district cor- \! V"' and reports of the opening of ;' r * the Napier abattoirs and of various meet- ■ .''- n>Jf s go to make up a complete number of ■'; *ne Former. Garden and Poultry Notes -;_i and Commercial News are given their usual •'* tpace.