AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14017, 24 March 1909, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW PUBLISHED. . | SPECIAL DOUBLE PAGE. "'.£ "ft ■ THE NGARUAWAHIA REGATTA. —- , • DENSE CROWDS OF VISITORS. I . ;' v'i BIG FIRE AT PALMERBTON NORTH. ' : :■■■■■..,' -■ u ■-:.■•;..■„•,-:.■■,.■'■.:/,■■'...:■,, .- :f,^;;\ ; ;;,;,;•:;.;;.;-—--■;•;.', O^vSISJ AUCKLAND SWIMMING CARNIVAL.' : CONFLAGRATION AT BULLS. IS THE OTIRA TUNNEL. p..';-' .'.. - , |;;,' HALF A MILE UNDERGROUND. « : v , .;: : -"/v::;-::;.v; ■.'■••; '■':■■' _ ■—■■■■■ :"'-'-.- ; -:/;:\V:':':-:«M|;f .:.■;■.-".:■■ -: ■~-•■• .' .■:■■■■:■ y ...:.'■;..■"».■ -^-SKf* •■--:.-■-:..■■• ;.!••. ;/;■•'tr.i. ■■,■■- ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS. FIRE IN THE MILLERTON MINeSI - WAFTARA MURDER SENSATION, SECOND ERUPTION OF NGAURUHOE, ' ; % DESTRUCTION OP ONEHUHOA TANNERY. The annual at Ngamawahia,, ■which • attracted a very large number of visitors from all parts of the Auckland-.•: Province, has been fully recorded in the,, illustrated i: supplement of this week's Auckland Weekly News, : published to/' *».' . . . Two striking panoramas, appearing on. . the double-page of the number, shew "the dense.throng lining the river banks daring the progress of the various events,- ' while the exciting war-canoe race, the- ..'' wahines' canoe ■ hurdle race, the. sculling events, and the ever-popular liaka are also recorded. . The serious outbreaks of fire which have •• occurred in various centres during; the : >-; past week form the subject of some high- ; ly interesting views.. A panorama, appearing on the double-page, shows the. . burning of the.Royal Hotel, one of the %s oldest hoetelries in Palmerston North, while two other panoramas depict, the, ; terrible destruction, wrought by .fire in ' : the main street of Bulls township, and" • the ruins of the Onehunga tannery. , Among the numerous other pictures; of i'! special. interest appearing in the number may be mentioned the second eruption of : ;i Ngauruhoe volcano, the Swimming < Association's ' carnival ,in the Auckland Graving Dock, fighting the fire in the Miller- r ton coal mine, St. Patrick's Day celebra-• ~ tions in Auckland, the .New Zealand. Potai Association's tournament at Palmer&toa- . North, half a mile underground in the great Otira tunnel, and a portrait of the- ■■;■ accused in the sensational Waitara mur- . der case. ;,,Numerous other groups, views, and por- . traits, including; a group of the Adding- £% ton Inquiry Commissioners and a start- '1 ling picture allowing the result of Arctic ■ weather in the North Sea, together with the usual -amount of high-class letter' press, contribute to a most attractive . number, and 3-a -publication which for-: general public, interest stands unrivalled;, in, the Dominion. - .... -.-.-■ The Weekly News is now issued, and', may be obtained from all agents and, ' runners - : - . , ••■ •• ■;:, \i> \ g;^:"""^- i r!=!!r;:=: i ;=»si t \* , >i#i