AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12546, 13 April 1904, Page 3

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

SIXTH PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. £24 IN PRIZES. Thk proprietors of the Auckland Wkkkly [ Nkws have much pleasure iu announcing | their Sixth Photographic Prize Competition. They recognise that these competitions are of Kreafc assistance to photography throughout the country, finding publication for artistic material and stimulating friendly rivalry among amateurs. They also provide a training in the production of journalistic photographs, of which the \\ eekxy Nkws alone list's some thousands annually. ' The competition wi'ii remain open until j (April 50 next. i ""lie following are the various <-Usses and . the amounts of prizes oflc-red:— ■ 'l. A NEW ZEALAND LAND or SEA . SCAPE (with or without figure). First prize, ' £3; second prize, £1. I 2. NEW ZEALAND FIGURE STUDY , (European or Maori). First prize, £5; se- j cond prize, £1. : 3. FARM. STATION, or RUSH LIFE I SCENE. First prise, £3: second prize, £1. ! 4. SPORTING, HUNTING, RACING, j YACHTING, or BOATING VIEW. First • prize, £6 : second prize, £1. j 5. A NEW ZEALAND COMIC STUDY j First prize, £3; iwcoud prize. £1. • 6 BEST GENERAL COLLECTION OF j NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHS. First I prize, £.3; second prize, £1. j The prize in this Hats will only be awarded : to an exhibitor who fails to secure a first- [ class prize in any of the previous classes, j Exhibits under this _ class should also be ! entered in the various closes previously • specified. CONDITIONS. - No photograph previously published will be allowed to compete. The negative.-! must in all cases be the work of the competitor. Competitors should rememlier that small views, although allowed to compete, are not so suitable for reproduction as large ones. In awarding the prizes the suitability of the photograph for reproduction will be taken into consideration. Bromide prints «re not so suitable for reproduction as those on the ordinary p.o.p. paper. The proprietors will have the right to re-' produce any photographs sent in for competition. Good typical pictures of general interest are preferable to those of merely local interest. In sending in photographs prints should bo sent flat, if possible. Particulars should bo written on the back of the print in pencil, without in any way damaging it. All photographs must be addressed to the "Competition Editor" of tho Auckland Weekly News, and the class for which it is entered should bo clearly marked both on the back of the photograph as well as on the outside of the packet.