AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14226, 24 November 1909, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW PUBLISHED. ; '.* 4 SPECIAL DOUBLE PAQE, ? A RISING MAIN TRUNK TOWJT : I -v. GREAT STRIKE IN AUSTRALIANS • — vtti® NEWCASTLE MINERS LEAVING ' ' WORK. - V 4 ' WAITING FOR THEIR LAST PAV. '• STRIKE SCENES AT NEWCASTLE I • • 'V- • WAIKATO A. AND P. SHO®^ ———— ' FINE CATCH OF RAINBOW TROUT, ... NEW DREDGE FOR AUCKLAND, * ' MOUNTED RIFLES IN CAMP. ;I i ;- DOVER'S MEW NAVAL c 4 HARBOUR. ' "" / r rc&m

AUCKLAND LADIES' CRICKET TEAM , - 1 ■. ',• 1 ■ DEVONPORT Y.C. CRUISING* f? RACE. . v 011 ■■ LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS. . The great strike inaugurated by *th 4 coal miners of Now South Wales show no sign of ending ;at present, and thui f|?| the photographs taken at Newcastle at) the outbreak of the trouble, which appeal) - ! in this week's issue of the Auckland) '■ Weekly Nkws, published to-day, should > prove of special interest. In these \a? v, crowd of miners are shown leaving ontf of. the shafts just prior to the strike being declared, while another picture shows a . * group of men waiting for their last pay. One picture depicts a typical miner leaving '*' work at the commencement of .the trouble,

while a fine full-page picture of the city . and river at Newcastle shows the seat' of

the present upheaval. . • The hew dredge for Auckland Harbouri \ which is being built by Messrs. ; Fleming! ; and Ferguson, of Paisley, is now nearingj ; completion, and a photograph shows thflj : vessel ready for launching. She is cap-j ' able of raising 1200 tons of spoil per hourf ; from a depth of 45ft, and should ■ piovej 1 a great acquisition ,to the port. t Among the numerous other s currentj events dealt with may be mentioned the; Waikato A. and , P.; Association's showj &t}M Hamilton, the formation of the first Auck-j land ladies' cricket team, a fine catch ofj rainbow trout at Lake Taupo, Devonportj Yacht Club's cruising race, and an en-j campment of . mounted rifles on the Wai-|. Marino Plains. -..■ V | The ; completion of the new naval bour.under the. cliffs of Dover, and its formal opening by the Prince of WaJw, marks an important era in British naval | history, and a comprehensive view showing the large amount of water' enclosed .y; by the massive walls of masonry gives a . good idea of the magnitude of the work. Numerous other groups, views, and portraits, including a striking r double-paga picture of Taumarunui, and some interesting I views 'on the Auckland goldfieldn, together with the usual amount of . highclass letterpress, contribute to a most tractive number and a publication which . ; for general public interest stands unrival-. led in the Dominion. - j i The Weekly News is now issued, aMk|| may be obtained from all agents and;-"; runners. ■ V/; . ' ■' v ======= #113