AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12570, 11 May 1904, Page 6

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW ISSUED. < !j HANDSOME ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 "4 — . t ; K OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON.' ..THE GREAT je'IRE AT MORRIN ; . I ■ ;■ AND CO.'S. . . [:|||j (Special double-page picture.) i OPENING OF AUCKLAND'S FOOT. ff 3 BALL SEASON. * f| - . .' — DUCK-SHOOTING ON LAKE b . . WAIKARE. - , jg —.— : ; m RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR SCENES. v ■ ' West coast COAL mining 7 . CENTRES. ' ;vl§ - , » ■ -j® HOP-GROWING IN NELSON. d? ' ' -I '■ -ml STRANDING OF THE S.S. PENGUIN; . v • . GOLF SEASON IN THE WAIKATO.' ■: '7 S.:' ' ' ■ ——-—: " x . :. :■ . , f V i ••jSjflj SETTLING AUCKLAND'S BUSH ' COUNTRY. i §f " . ■ ; -r ; r LAUNCHING THE NEW STEAiIEP GAEL. ' •/ V ■■■'. . ' ■ ■; V, i'| WELLINGTON'S ELECTRIC TRAMS,' | -' • ■ jWSI SCENES ON THE MAIN TRUNK ! «tij RAILWAY. The current issue of the Accklahb - Weekly News will be found of special in-' ~ terest to all sections of the community. 1 i It illustrates vividly and- attractively all the recent events of . interest, besides some of the industries in different, parts of t&4v%w colony, and the different types of scenery/. . • for which New Zealand is' so widely famed. One of the chief features of the number if a fine double-page picture of the .recent conflagration by which Messrs. T. and Si Morrill and Co.'s warehouse was totally destroyed. The picture, which was drawn by the Weekly News' special artist, from - sketches made during the progress of tbra§9| fire, is executed with a remarkable* • fidelity to detail, and vividly depicts t the . scene ~'J from the Albert Park, and conveys an' idea of the fierceness arid extent of the greatest V| fire Auckland has known for many years. Other views of the fire include a panorama of the interior, the scene from the Albert! , > Park the morning after the fire," andfj||l|§ view of the ruins, showing the remains of the north wall, by the collapse of which three firemen were seriously injured. v . '

The opening of : the huntings season sia Auckland is illustrated by i groups of ; ithaf|g| members of. the Pakuranga Hunt Club &4J§|| visitors assembled, at the residence; of th« nisstei', Mr. E. D. O'Rorke, and some well-known sportsmen, with the pack before the start* of the ran;' Other * current : events dealt with include the opening o) tee football season in Auckland,' the kiincl of the -McGregor ■ ' Steamship hew steamer Gael/ the stranding of the s.si\. ■ Penguin at Nelson, and the opening of th4|f|t golf season in the rWaikato, together witfc ■ a fine series of war pictures. | • | -■• • "V;Cp||i A special series of photographs lof hopgrowing in Nelson 'province • conveys & knowledge of an important and , extensive industry in the Motueka and Riwaka disi tricts. .• Scenes on > the Upper show- something of; thelde;vdqpmeht46f|'aj3|s| recently-settled country, and' the class o: laid which will be opened•# hp by the tension .of the ; North Island: Main Trualt Railway. • ■ - • - ; Numerous other groups, views, and' pantraits, including West Coast coal mining centres, duck-shoot on Lake the timber trade of the King Country, ant Wellington's. electric trams,. togethex-:;Wi&S® abundance: ■of high-elm letterpress, 1 coisf;- ?) tribute to a most attractive ;• number, and a. publication which i for general public i&> teijest . stands; unrivalled i> ill" the colonies. 1 ' The Weekly News is now issued, awl , ■ may : be obtained trom all "agents aaft runners..