SALMON AND GUNS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19258, 13 March 1928, Page 8

SALMON AND GUNS.

PICTURES OF THE WEEK. TIMELY TOPICS ILLUSTRATED.

Record catches of quinnat salmon were mad© in the Waimakariri last week, Messrs W. D. Berry and C. 1. Denby, two particularly successful anglers, taking no fewer than 25 fish, weighing 4851b. Photographs of this fine display and of some of the exceptionally large fish taken in nets are being reproduced in the "Weekly Press, which will be on sale to-mor-row Another attractive page in this w . e( * s issue demonstrates the training of the Ninth Battery in camp at Kaituna—a subject which, though taboo in certain quarters, has lent itself admirably to the purposes of the camera. L ll motor speed tests held recently on the Oreti Beach, Southland, have provided some very interesting pic™re,s - . t , A very bright page is that filled with snapshots of the children who are cared for at the Richmond Home, Auckland A fine panoramic le™I e ™ of x lle new railway workshops at Elmer Lane Greymouth, and a new Photographic study of Picton, will interest many besides the residents in those centres.

The central feature of the week's Illustrations , sa two-page spread of new photographs from the Canterbury Agri?fc al fP° U T' L J nco,n - The aim g ot the photographer has been to describe the life and work of staff and students m»v i rC ? ders 5 f the "Weekly Press" may clearly understand /how the rolfeg goes about the training of far-