TO EVERY READER—

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19448, 23 October 1928, Page 8

TO EVERY READER—

Have you ever come across that very superior sort of person who doesn't want a copy of the Christmas ■ number of the "Weekly Press"? He fixes you with his eye and says! "Oh, no, 1 never buy a Christmas number. ' Same old thing year after year, you know; very pretty and all that, but one gets tired of it." Perhaps you will meet the gentleman to-day, the shops being open after the holiday, and he will tell you his same old story. If he does, don't hesitate to contradict him, for if you only buy a copy of the Christmas number of the "Weekly Press, which is on sale everywhere to-day,, you will be able to spread it out in front of him and compel him to eat his Words. * The Christmas number this year is vastly different from last year's and those of all the earlier years. The illustrated article on the Tongariro National Park, occupying twelve pages, is something entirely new in the way of a Christmas 'feature This great national endowment in the heart of the North Island is a wonderful territory, with its still active volcanoes, glaciers and hot lakes almost side by side, its strange rivers, its fascinating flora, its winter sports grounds, and its spacious tussock-covered plains. Alj these things, together with Maori legend and the history of later times, are described by Mr James Cowan, a recognised- authority on .the National Park, in a most entertaining article.; Nefw Zealanders. no doubt, will learn much from it. and the people overseas who receive copies of the Christmas number will want to come and see the Tongariro country for themselves. , There is also a strong appeal to 'overseas folk in th£ rest of the illustrations. Scenic pictures are less numerous than usual, but instead there are pages of attractive views from the cities and towns—views which demonstrate New Zealand's progress — and pictorial descriptions of the agricultural and nastoral activities of the Dominion. All these features combine to make up a publication that is full of . the atmosphere and Bpirit of New Zealand—the ideal Christmas .card to send to overseas friends who Want to know where and- how New Zealanders »IIV 6, J The Christmas, number of the Weekly Press" is on sale everywhere to-day.