AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13286, 19 September 1906, Page 5

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW ISSUED.

HANDSOME ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

STRANDING OF S.S. MAN- ■ /' . CHURIA. UNION S.S. COMPANY'S ATUA AGROUND AT APIA. FLOODS IN LOWER WAIIKATO. ST. JOSEPH AND THE DRAGON. PAKURANGA HUNT CLUB . RACES. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT. OIL-BORING IN TARANAKI. H.M.S. DREADNOUGHT. NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. ... . The current issue of the Auckland Weekly News contains a remarkable variety of highclass illustrations dealing with events of unusual interest. The double page- is devoted to views in connection with the New Zealand International Exhibition- • at Christchurch, which show the pi-ogress made, and convey an idea of the magnitude of the undertaking. The number of current events dealt with is unusually large, and covers a wide range.

Included in the collection are striking views showing the Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria on the rocks at Honolulu, the Union Company's new steamer Atua on the reef at Apia, the New Zealand Golf Championship at Christchurch, the recent floods in the Lower Waikato, and some fine jumping pictures at the Pakuranga Hunt Club's races on Saturday last. Pages that will meet with wide appreciation are happilyexecuted character sketches of well-known Aucklanders, and a, special cartoon of " St. Joseph and the Dragon."

■1 Other subjects dealt with include H.M.s. Dreadnought, the world's greatest fighting machine, oil boring in Taranaki, scenes on the North Island Main Trunk railway, and the usual number of high-class scenic and industrial views. Numerous other groups, views, and , portraits, including Father 'Vaughan, who has been preaching sensational sermons against "smart society ". in London, together with the usual amount of high-class letterpress, contribute to a most , ...attractive number, and a. publication which ii for general public' interest stands unI rivalled in the colony.. > ; ;

The Weekly News is now issued, and iftay be obtained from all, agents and rimners, ; - - ~ .< *k , "' ■'■'■ ■• •