PICTURES FROM FAR SOUTH.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11871, 19 April 1904, Page 8

PICTURES FROM FAR SOUTH.

THE GOVERNOR IN TUHOELAND. THE AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL. NEW ZEALAND'sTnEW GOVERNOR. "THE WEEKLY TRESS. ,, Pictures from tho Antarctic etill form tJie principal feature of the illustrations in this -week's "Weekly Press," and in point of excellence uid interestthere is no abatement from the standard of last week. The hardships of the Discoverers are told in pictorial form, and tho wonders they saw have been deveriy caught by the camera. Never before have tbeee magnificent pictures been approached in excellence, their large size enabling the reader to note details that would be lost in smaller engravings. The lanes of ice, the wonderful berg, and the vast «xt<?nt of tbo ice-fields are all shown, and give one a feeling of intimate acquaintance with the desolate Antarctic. The series of illustrations of the Governor's visit to the Urvwera Country are continued, and show some pretty bits of. eeenery in this lrttleknown district. Axemen* carnivals are essentially colonial features, and the Southlard Axemen's Carnival had among ita attractions the world's championship And the New Zealand cliampionshrp. Readers will be pleased to see these mighty men from the bush in competition. The opening of the Pareora Freezing Works is a strido in the development of our meat export, and is duly chronicled. The war in the East furnishes a curious picture, a naval battle depicted by a Japanese artiht. Current war news is illustrated, and there are several fine pictures taken from photos received from the seat of war. Among the New Zealand events pictorially dealt with is ttw farewell banquet given by the citizens of Christchurch to his Excellency the Governor, and hie Excellency's departure from Christchurch. A special two-page supplement that will be much valued by New Zealanders contains large portraits of Lord Plunket, the new Governor of the colony, and Lady Plunket. Finely engraved from recent photographs, printed upon special paper, and of a size suitable for framing, there is no doubt these will find places on the walls of thousands of homes in the colony. Among the literary contents of the paper is a remarkable description of the life of the modern highwayman, the train-robber of America. Students of English social hietory will be struck by the many points of resemblance this account offers to the adventures of the Turpins and Duvals of the stage-coach period. In the Farmer are editorial articles on the effects of in-breeding, the Victorian wheat yield, and the price of beef it. America. The "Referee" contains much interesting matter about the meetings to be held in the immediate future. The opening matches of the football season are described, and the form commented upon. In all departments of sport the latest doings are recorded in attractive manner.