AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

NOW PUBLISHED, ' 'W$M GREAT LANDSLIDE AT' .UKJ^S ;;-• , ■ taupo. '. .? \spm MAORI;/ VILLAGE '" OVERWHELMED. .;;. „ "■ , , - .;.,.;;:.. tT^,^E#Js THE NGARUAWAHIA REGATTA RACE FOR THE DUNNING CUP, NORTH ISLAND BAND jf ■ ':■:': ■ CONTEST. .'. THE. VISITING BANDSMEN. TESTING THE GRAFTON BRIDGE. ERNEST BARRY IN TRAINING ' BIRTH OF ' : COMMONWEALTH t-' ;' NAVY. ''' ; -.v'! ? J^Bs ■';■• AMBULANCE SATURDAY. ROSTAND'S WONDERFUL L:A%M " "CHANTECLER." :« NEW HELENSVDLLE ! BATHS. NEW , HELENSVHJ.E BATHSiMM :•."■ ■-.••■■■..■•..' ■• ■ :^ ;i f#^ ■■■'■■" v'- ■ : "■•• ■•'■'' ■-'■:■ ■■//sliill :;.■■ " : ■:■ • ■ BRITISH BATTLESHIP IN fA» GALE. '■■■■' ■' ■> : ••■'.'■■■.•■. ■■■•-'■-'■■■■ ■•■.■'•■■ vssffli -% ■-- ~■■■:■■ v^m::-:---y^:^M;^M •■=: A. FISHERMEN'S PICNIC. -tlffim The great landslide on the shores of Lahi Taupo, which completely overwhelmed the §§§ native village of Waihi, occurred with startling suddenness, and a good idea of -."; the nature of the disaster may be gained from the view of , the ; settlement and its .' surroundings appearing 'in this •. weeing'-, issue of the • Auckland Weekly News, published to-day. / '< ,<£|llll cAn event that attracted considerable interest throughout. New Zealand .was the North Island Brass Band h Association's 13th annual contest, ; at : Wanganui, and|S this has been fully illustrated in. the number. A striking. full-page picture showi the massed bands and a portion'■; of i the. "C dense throng that attended the contest,; ; J while a fine panoramic view on the double pago depicts the Mayor of the river city welcoming the visitors. In addition will be found groups of all the leading visiting bands. ' > ' '-§$$M ■ Among the numerous interesting current -I events dealt t with may 'be mentioned th* ? testing of the . great ferro-concrete traffic bridge, which, spans the Cemetery Gully, )' Ambulance Saturday .at , Auckland, th« ; ' North Shore Yacht Club's race for thee Dunning Cup,' Ernest Barry, the English champion oarsman, in training to m«t' Richard 4 Arrost on the Zambesi, -the birthof the Commonwealth's navy in thela'incSof,;, the destroyer Parramatta : at Govan,. and the fishermen's picnic held at the-. Thames.. . ■. " v|f|j| ■A, fine series of photographs ~ were '; secured at".; the Ngaruawahia ; Regatta, - which is considered ,to'. be the greatest'.';'i Maori aquatic carnival in the Dominion.- 7 J Avnong these are pictures of all the leading events, including the great,war. canoe : .;. j race, the canoe hurdle; races . together with f.:| the ever-popular hakas and poi dances. ;.'j Numerous other groups, views, arid por-,/;.;.H traits, including a striking picture tof a British battleship in a gale, ; and. a new I portrait of Captain Knyvett with two of- j his bulldogs, together with the usual amount of high-class letterpress, contrii: bute to a most 'attractive number and. a';. , - , V i 'i.j publication which, for general public [ in-•/>'] terest, stands unrivalled in the Dominion./ /] The Weekly News is now -issued jaW;^;' may be obtained from all agents and runners. . , " J( 'ah ,'•..-;- '' ' - • ' •'•..feaMSl