AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13226, 11 July 1906, Page 6

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW ISSUED. HANDSOME ILLUSTRATIONS. ■ DOUBLE-PAGE ANORAMICS. WELLINGTON CITY AND HARBOUR. NELSON FROM NEW POST OFFICE TOWER. . hastings,' a THRIVING HAWKE'S bay CENTRE. . shocking FATALITY at rotOrua. the ROADLESS north island. MAORI exhibits IN auckland ■ MUSEUM. NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.. RAROTONGA NATIVE FESTIVAL.

HAWKE'S BAY BACK COUNTRY. •This current . issue of the Auckland Wkkkly News contains a wonderful variety of illustrations .dealing with subject* of wide interest. One of the chief features of the ' number is the double-page ' of panoramics of some of New Zealand's important centres. Wellington city and harbour from Tinakori Hills shows a fine stretch of New Zealand's: capital city. Nelson, from the tower of the new post office, depicts the northernmost city of the South Island from an entirely new position, and a view of Hastings conveys a knowledge of the size and importance of Hawke's Bay's most important inland town. . ■>.' Among the current events dealt with are the recent shocking fatality at Rotorua, the New Zealand International Exhibition, the recent botanical discovery by Professor Thomas, a Rarotongam native festival, the noted Maori pataka, or food-house, in the Auckland Museum, which was recently the subject of considerable controversy, together with a panoramic view of Raetihi, a bush township near the Wanganui, which is almost isolated on account of bad roads. Numerous other groups, views, and portraits, including scenes, on the Main Trunk railway, and a special collection of picturesque ,yiews in various parts of New Zealamd, contribute to a most attractive number, and a publication which for general public interest - stands unrivalled in the colonies. ' - > The Weekly News is now published, and may' be obtained from all agents and