AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13951, 6 January 1909, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

immm , NOW PUBLISHED. • -"Ifjlfi ' •'^S|f|| SPECIAL FRONTISPIECE : 'S| — ' 'Stiff THE FISHING INDUSTRY. -■ I STRIKING DOUBLE PAGE. 1 - ? SUMMER SCENES ON THE - WAITEMATA. i * THE TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE, SCENES IN THE STRICKEN TOWNS. ' MONTELEONE AFTER THE SHOCK OF 1905. ——— - -"itf'l* THE KING OF ITALY AMONG THE - ! RUINS. •• I DEVASTATED MESSINA. ,! ETNA AND STROMBOLI IN ERUPTION. , ; OTAGO V. AUCKLAND. _ WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP CHOP. , ; GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN BURNS AND JOHNSON. .if 1 • A SCENES IN THE RING. ' V-f LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP • CARNIVAL AT WHANGAREI. A.R.C. SUMMER MEETING. CHRISTMAS WITH THE PROPHET. ; -?1 Some idea of the terrible nature of the great earthquake that has devastated . 'i\ Southern Italy and Sicily, may be gained from the pictures appearing in this week's issue of the Auckland Weekly News, \'i published to-day. ' Some of these were /■(j taken in the stricken town 6 after, the disastrous shock experienced in September, 1905, and show the destruction wrought on that occasion. Others show the town Df Messina, and the King of Italy visiting -:J\ the ruined centres in Calabria. S j The number opens with a special frontispiece, depicting the fishing industry, whilst the double-page contains a fin« - /, series of scenes on the Waitemata Harboui during the summer holiday season. £Ss| Among the many interesting current S svents dealt with may be mentioned thq great fight for the world's boxing cham. pionship, between Burns and Johnson, at Sydney, the int-erprovincial cricket match, ' . Otago v. Auckland, tennis championship meeting at Nelson, axemen's carnival at :HK§ Eltham, A.R.C. Summer Meeting, andtha : ;.'V carnival at Whangarei. - Numerous other groups, views, and por. : ' traits, including a picture of the new 90ton locomotive for use on the Main Trunk line, and plans of the sleeping cars for the same route, together with the usual amount of high-claes letterpress,. contribute to a most attractive number, and a iv? publication which for general public interest stands unrivalled in the Dominion. The Auckland Weekly News is now M ■issued, and may be obtained from all >/g-; agents and runners. '. ■> ) ■