AUCKLAND WEKKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12625, 4 August 1904, Page 6

AUCKLAND WEKKLY NEWS.

I NOW ISSUED. ; Ttth current is-sue of the ArCKT,.*>.'D ; W?.kk N'ws dei!-< with a remarkable variety of subjects of wide general interest. One of the chief features of the issue is a. fine full-page picture of our Parliament in session. The photograph was specially taken for the Nkws, and the excellent reI production depicts effectively a group of | our legislators, including the Prem'er and j Leader of the Opposition, in the lobby o;' | Parliament buildings. This us the best ' picture of our Parliament which has ever i been published, and will be of special in | teiest to all classes of the community. | War scenes in the Far East depict some i of the most stirring incidents in the recent j battles on the Liao-tung Peninsula, and j some excellent views of the town of Port ! Arthur, now being bombarded by the •Japanese. Oamaru, one of Otago's principal seaport towns, is illustrated by two fine double-page panoramic, one taken from the post office tower, showing the principal biddings and some of the harbour, the other giving a general view of the town and breakwater. These views are the finest of Oamaru yet published, and convey j an excellent idea of the size and importj ance of the town and harbour. Scenes on the overland route from Ob risi church to Kokitika include some beautiful South Island scenery : the Waitara Freezing Works fire is illustrated by a view of the ruins, and the buildings before the conflagration. The General' Sloc.im disaster, on the Fast River, at New York, by which 1200 lives were lost, comprise views of the earner sinking, and the wreckage after the fire. Numerous other grout'-, views, and portraits, including the Wellington football representatives who play in Auckland on Saturday next. oforge Towns, the world'* champion sculler, the County Councln' Conference and Acclimatisation Societies, Conference, together with abundance <>\ high-das* letterpress, contribute to a rno:t, attractive number, and a publication which for general public interest stands unrivalled in the colonies. The Wkkkt.y News is now issued, and may be obtained from all agents and runners.