AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13725, 15 April 1908, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

| NOW PTRLIHBEtX ' SPECIAL i»oi;s?i.i-:.i»a« k . 'If | < | SELECTIONS FROM TENTH ' 6 PRIZE PHOTfHJRAPHR! Jfglf COM PETITION. THE STAR OF JAPAN, ! - %i i RECENT HAMILTON Kiliß i I TYPES or THE xmeeicas BATTLESHiPS. | - I KE Y MOETii S NEW POST OFFICE /§£ j I 1 ' 'Si MRS GERMAN DREADNOUGHT >| NETHER TON II EC. A. • K^flS • GOLD DI SCOVERY AT RUSSELL -- .BRITAIN'S NEW PlilMVi ' MINISTER. : " HISTORIC LONDON. j CHAMPIONSHIP YACHT RACES j Tub Aivkland Wkhm.v Nkws, published '°r | Tub Aivki.ani> Wkkm.v News, published to-day, contains a largo number of inter- ' * esting illis (rations. Hie double-page is composed of a striking series of picture ' select ed from the Tenth Prize Photo* graphic Competition, which closed at the end of March, whilst numerous infereMing studies from the saint- source .>)._• given on other pages of the issue. Among tin numerous current events dealt with will be found pit res of the re- Jj§ cent outbreak of fire at Hamilton the s.s. Star of Japan, which came i<> grief on the north-west coast of Africa, whilst outward bound for Australia and New? Zealand, discovery of a promising out-, crop of gold at Russell, Bay of Islands, new post office at Grcymouth. regatta at Netherton, on the Thames River, Germany's first Dreadnought, the "Ersatz Bayern,", u big drainage contract oil a Northern gum swamp, championship yacht races on Auckland Harbour, Britain's now • Prime Minister, const ruction of lie new steel framework sheds on the Railway Wharf, at Auckland, and a 'trait of Mr. Alfred Deakin, ex-Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth. The coming visit of the America!! fleet to Auckland is touched upon in a series of interesting photographs of the, leading bat. tleships, with full particulars as to their size, speed, and armament, whilst a pano- T i ramic view of the Australasian squadror J at anchor in the Waitcmata will assist in giving an idea of what the appearance 1/ this great armada will be. Under the heading, " Historic London," . two fine interior views of the English 1 * .■" House of Commons will prove of special interest at the present moment, owing toy f the great changes that are taking place -? » in the Ministry of the Mother Country. |Jjpt Numerous other groups, views, and par- . jjv rails, including a further selection of pic- itures from the Weekly News Tenth -|| Photographic together with the usual amount of. high-class letterpress, contribute to a most attractive number, and a publication which for general public interest stands unrivalled in the colo- ; nies. I The Auckland Weekly News' is now j issued, and may be obtained, from all agents j and runners. f