AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14005, 10 March 1909, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW PUBLISHED. UNIQUE SERIES OF PICTURES, * NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON, VIA SUEZ. ... , ~-.. •'-...;.■■'• : . . ':■:■;■„: •■ " -..;■'. :'■.:•'.ii'f'B ''■■' ■. ■■'^'''■''■;■■■:■'■''> '■'■ ' \Ks&§Msi A PICTORIAL TRIP FOR 6d. •'..:' •'-" '• ' ; : - —— ■■ .■ ..- '. W :^: Wi STRIKING DOUBLE PAGE. ■ " ■'■..-.■.■-■.. ■ ■"■ ' ■ .'■. --.-;.'- ■■■'■r'-:Si WRECK OF THE FORREST HALL. .: ■■•'■■ \, - . - "..,■■ '[;:->> ... •- : NEW ZEALAND MARATHON :'.-' RACE. "*'■""■ ' ■'"■' " ' " v '■- ', ; - : . ■ ;? ?'W3^ : :|fs THE START PROM HOWICE. ■-■■■'■ •■• ■'. .'" ______ ■ ' SCENES ON THE ROUTE. THE GREAT FINISH. HILL BREASTING THE TAPE, ■ ' ■ ■' ■ . ■ __ GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVE RUNNERS. .- •■-- .'-,■■' " CADET CAMP AT PAPAKURA.' _.• ■ ■ FIRE BRIGADES* CHURCH PARADE. •■'■■■'. » - ■ •- '■■' ' ' -r'" . BIG FIRE AT TAIHAPE. ■ ' :: AUCKLAND'S NEW MAYOR. A unique feature of this week's • Attcft land Weekly News, published to-day, consists of a highly-interesting series.of , pictures illustrating a trip from New Zealand to London, via the Suez route. Starting from Auckland,. the reader is taken by way of Sydney and Melbourne to Frymantle, the last port of call in Australia: After the long voyage across the oceiu Colombo is touched at, a fine picture being '■. given of the breakwater, also-views of the : '*$', cinnamon gardens and the necessary work of coaling the ship. "The Suez .Canal - . , forms the; next item of interests on the * trip, views of this famous a highway <.>{ ._ trade, together with pictures of Port Said, leading the reader in imagination a farther stage on, the journey. Striking j>i<> tures of Naples, Marseilles, the famous rock of Gibraltar, and Cape St. Vincent, V. made glorious in British naval annals by. two famous victories, follow in order, the , . filial stages of the trip being marked f by fine picture of the River Thames, win- its maze of shipping and the magnificent ' structure of the Tower Bridge, London. ~ The New Zealand Marathon race, which. ->" created such widespread interest; in athletic circles, has been fully recorded in the number. ..The start from Howls is, illustrated by a fine picture of the big,:<;■' field of contestants breasting the first hill, . the starting-point being shown in tha'ijj&Eiv--background. . The splendid .performance,! : j>:\ of G. N. Hill, the young Auckland runner, is followed throughout, the, race, brilliant : . snapshots showing, the successful, Auck- •:•.v lander at various stages, while his great finish in the Domain is depicted in a, . , striking manner just as. he breasted the • tape, - with an . enthusiastic crowd of followers hemming him ' in. . The wreck of the fine fhip Forrest Hall . near Cape Maria Van Diemen furnishes-.': the subject for what is undoubtedly -one J\ ),■•;7.1 of the most striking double-page pictures.. ••'■' [ yet published. The wrecked vessel'is heMM|ip; shown broadside on among. the breakers, . with yards and sails c, hanging . in pathetic ~"'■l •■•->■. '•■',. - ■ . ," . «, disorder, . and a great gap -in her hall Ky-\': '. showing how her back was badly broken after striking the coast. Groups of the crew at Parengarenga and a portrait, of the;v. : \. captain complete the record. ;7' ; :.;/ Among the numerous other current ' I events dealt with in the number may be^^^ mentioned the. encampment of the Auck- " ; land school cadets at Papakura, conference ; of New Zealand fire brigades, the'rifle meeting at Trentham, recent -disastrous . : fire at Taihape. and the terrible devastation wrought by the i great earthquake which reduced Messina to a heap of. ruins. . -.-. ' •; /. ,:','" ;,,. ' '••■"■-■ m l 1.1. ■ • j : f Numerous other groups, views, and portraits, ' including, a portrait of the neir ■Mayor of Auckland, together with theusual amount of high-class letterpress, contribute : : to a "most : attractive number and a publication which for general pub- - lic interest stands unrivalled in the Dominion:

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