OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20983, 11 October 1933, Page 8

OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND

.—<g». SCENERY IN PICTURES "NEW ZEALAND ILLUSTRATED" The high artistic standard which has been set for many years by "New Zealand Illustrated," the annual published by the Christchurch Press Company, Limited, is fully maintained in the issue for 1934, which will shortly be on sale in New Zealand.

The publication has been described as a fine pictorial epitome of life and scenery in New Zealand. To cover adequately in the one issue the great and arresting variety of scene which is to be found in both islands was an ambitious aim; but the 1934 number presents a diversity of attractive and finely reproduced plates which show the beauty of river, mountain, and plain. The Dominion's best-known photographers have been commissioned to discover many little-known but beautiful corners of the country,

Generally the photographic work is of the high standard which has characterised previous issues of "New Zealand Illustrated." For the title-page has been chosen "In a Maori Pa," by George Chance, whose work has attracted worldwide attention. This, and other reproductions, including Mr Chance's "Autumn Day, South Canterbury," are in duo tones, a process of combination printing which, by means of tints, greatly enhances the photographic value of a work. "Autumn Day, South Canterbury" was exhibited at the Paris Salon International D'AVt Photographique in 1932. Other scenes, including "Harvesting Wheat in Canterbury," by Messrs Green and Hahn, of Christchurch, are representative of farming life in Canterbury. The mountain, seaside, thermal, and sporting resorts of New Zealand are portrayed from new and interesting angles. Of the purely artistic studies, those of Mr Chance, and "Sunlight and Shade, Invercargill Gardens," by Mr E. Rillstone, are outstanding in their class, and represent the type of well-ordered landscape in New Zealand. Worthy of note also is the boldly-conceived design for the cover of the issue—an ocean liner anchored below the grand cliffs of Mili'ord Sound. This is the work of one of the leading poster artists in New Zealand. The pioneering farming days in Canterbury are well represented in the presentation plate, a reproduction in colour of "The Last Load," one of the animal studies painted by Mr William Greene, whose work has appeared in previous issues of "New Zealand Illustrated." The reproduction is done on quality art paper (which is used throughout the issue) and is suitable for framing. The printing for the annual is done in double-tone inks, and is an excellent example of high skill in the printer's art. "New Zealand Illustrated" is strongly bound and easily handled for transmission, and is an ideal Christmas gift, particularly for persons living overseas who are interested in the Dominion,.