AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11440, 2 August 1900, Page 5

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

SPLENDID MAIL NUMBER. -MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF THE HARBOUR. PICTURES OF WRECK OF THE S.S. TAUPO. THE WAR IN CHINA. I'll TIRES OF NEW ZEALAND CONTINGE.NTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. SCENES AT MOUNT EDEN PRISON. This is.-ue ' f the Atcklanii Weekly News contains the lines! series of views of the Auckland Harbour ever published, and makes an unrivalled number for sending Hume. Ihe wharves and shipping, the various w .ili r frontages, and a number of well- t known men connected with the same, are \ given, the illustrations being of unusually line f|iiality. The splendid view of Auck- j land Harbour from Ponsonbv, given in the "•erics, has been selected by I lie Old Boys' Association of the Auckland Grammar School to send as a souvenir to the o'd boys now at the front in South Africa. The exciting occurrence of the wreck of the Union Company's steamer Taupo, at Greymouth, is admirably illustrated. In fact, it is probably one of the best sets of views of a shipwreck ever obtained, for it is rare that circumstances permit the photographer or the artist to see a wreck at close quarters. Tho steamer is shown whilst tho work of rescuing the crew was proceeding, and later, when seas 60ft high were sweeping over li.T. The war in China, or the places made interesting by the recent massacres, are illustrated in,in the best pictures obtainable, and the views of 1110 New Zealand contingents in South Africa are unique, showing the meeting of the First and Second Contingents, the life at Kroonstad, and other interesting incidents. There is a fine illustrated account of Mount Eden gaol, one of Auckland's institutions, which is but little known to the community, the pictures of the gaol and of the various departments being specially taken for the Weekly News. The officers and crew" of 11.M.5. Porpoise, now in Auckland Harbour, are giver. Among them are several who were promin- | ently known to our readers through the part they played in the Samoan war, and they will be eagerly looked for. The unfurling of the flag at Dargavillo ; portaits of the late King of Italy, assassinated by the Anarchists: of Miss Edith Searell, a New Zealand lady missionary, murdered by the Chinese ; of Trooper Smith and Private .Myers, who have lost their lives in South Africa ; of the late Captain Tilly, a wellknown Aucklander ; and numerous pictures of great local interest, go to form a series of illustrations which are exceptionally interesting and high-class. The literary columns, besides containing several serial stories and special articles, include a new tide by Rudyard Kipling, entitled "The Burgher of the Free State." The agricultural, mining, and commercial news of the North, is given in the completcst form, and altogether the Weekly News makes as interesting a publication as could be found in the colonies, and one particularly suited for sending abroad. The Weekly News is now on issue, and can bo obtained, from all newspaper reams and wjents.