AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW PUBLISHED '— ATTRACTIVE frontispiece, SUMMER SCENES IK ZEALAND. ! ft"--;, SPECIAL DOUBLE PAfIE, : _____ * ' • " THE PONSONBY KEOATtA. , '*?l! ." : A GREAT FLEET OF Wmiy* WINGS. !'t TS • v • V;'.' ' .y ' THE CROWDED FLAGSHIP^ ' . DINGHY RACES AND GREAfiv BOOM. u ° T , | LAUNCH OP THE PUpjjKi, * . Y4 <• ?//'■ - DEVONPORT FLORAL FETE, • ..v" • , " • H . v ;Z; THE MAYPOLE AND POSTS} PARADE. '\iteKi ■ ' ' * $S& t> LATEST NOVELTY IN.WATOHEt ■ ■ : ( LOSS OP THE SCHOONER ALIO*. DEMONSTRATION OF LIFE saving. , ' feafoS, _____ ■ Jo?f§ RESCUING THE DROWNING. AUSTRALIA'S NEW HIGH * COMMISSIONER. .IS "• "v • tmjM' ■- ——.. • ,■: ~ J.-« COMING WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT. v ■ ■ - JACK JOHNSpN AND JEFFRIE& . (' , :. . f' .>} if I POPULAR HOLIDAY SUBJECTS.

TOPICAL CARTOON^ I The festive holiday , spirit of the present 1 J season is well represented in a '(striking' ! ! frontispiece appearing in this week's iuw of the Auckland Weekly News, publish-' , j ed to-day. This depicts some familiar scenes on Auckland harbour,. thfe' cent?« I picture forming a specially bright and at* i tractive subject. _ The Ponsonby regatta, held last Batur v | day under ideal weather conditions, has < been fully dealt with in the number, the ; double-page of which is to a I splendid series of photographs ' showing " the gay scene presented by the great fleet ; of yachts, motor Boats, and other «w3l| ; craft, which .congregated. on the ' The crowded flagships, the long lines of] j anchored boats, and the exciting -greasy!| 1 boom contests are also illustrated. Among the numerous other current; j events dealt with in the number may be; mentioned the loss of the schooner Alioe,j | the holding of a floral fete at Devonport,i launch of the new ferry steamerJPjipnl»j,;l j the latest novelty in watches, opening «fff ] a new post office at Ngaruawahia, the j death of the King of the Belgians, and the latest portraits of Jack Johnson and Jeffries, who have been matched to fights for the world's championship in America** next year. A most instructive demonstration ic. iiaj v art of rescuing the drowning was ,given at, S Cheltenham Beach recently by jneml>er«j of the Auckland Life Saving Society, 'sad' some interesting pictures taken on thii occasion are included in the issue. ' . , Numerous other groups, viewn, and por-| traits, including several highly-topiiial car-, i toons, and a wide variety of illnitrations j of general public interest, together with the usual amount of high-class letterpress, contribute to a most 1 attractive cumber, j and a publication which, for general public interest, stands unrivalled in the Do* ; minion. The Weekly News is now issued and-j j may 'be obtained from ■ all agent* and runners. ii