AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14587, 25 January 1911, Page 8

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

NOW ON SALE.

EXCEPTIONALLY INTERESTING!

ISSUE.

STRIKING FULL PAGE.

NEW POST OFFICE AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED.

CAPE BRETT AND THE LIGHT-

HOUSE.

PRINCE LEOPOLD OF BATTEN-

BERG AT AUCKLAND.

THE STEAMER PILOT UNDEfc

WATER AT WELLINGTON.

VISIT OF THE FRENCH CRUISER KERSAINT. -

A UNIQUE SERIES OP PHOTOS.

NEW VANCOUVER-AUCKLAND

MAIL CONTRACT.

THE VESSELS WHICH WILL IK-'"

AUGURATE THE SERVICE.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE HON. G, FOWLDS AT AUCKLAND.

VISIT OF THE R.M.S. MANTUA TO

AUCKLAND.

INTERESTING DOUBLE PAGE,)

HARBOUR, CITY, AND SUBURBS o£

AUCKLAND FROM RANGITOTO.

TOPICAL AND HUMOROUS

CARTOON.

AN EARLY AUCKLAND REGATTA,

TirE visit or His Royal Highness Princq Leopold of Battenberg to Auckland on Sun-* day last was only of a few hours' duration, but it was long enough for the event \a ■< bo recorded by the camera. The Princa was " caught" by a Weekly News' photographer on the Victoria, and the only; snapshot secured of His Royal Highness! appears in the issue. '• |. It is not often thai a French man-o'-| -;~, war calls at a New Zealand port* so thai/ the visit of the cruiser Kersaint to Auckland is of considerable interest. "; A nnm( ber of snapshots of life on board the vesJ. sel give a good idea of the difference be-( tween British warships and those of am :] other Power. - " : " ?:

The signing of the contract for a new! mail service between Canada and ? New; Zealand, with Vancouver and Auckland as? the ports of call, is an event- of the great--est importance', to the Dominion, as' aa" English mail will now arrive nine daysf sooner than formerly. Each of the three fine vessels which will inaugurate thai service is the subject of a fine picture, j A typical snapshot shows the arrival ■'■■; back in Auckland of the Hon. George ( Fowlds, who attended the South Africa^ Union celebrations as the representative, of New Zealand. _ j Amongst the numerous other current! events dealt with are the sinking of thei, steamer Pilot at Wellington, the -.docking] of the Governor's yacht Viking at Auckland, the taxicab picnic at Papatoetoe^ 1 . the conference of the Australasian Asso-. . ciation at Sydney, the Wellington terri-4-torial camp at Ktirori, the opening of the new Inebriates' Home at Roto Roa, the first visit of the P. and 0. liner Mantua ., to Auckland, and last Saturday's ocean: yacht race of the Royal New Zealand! Squadron. •• ,

i On the doable page are two fine pano- | ramas. One shows the harbour, city, and suburbs of Auckland as viewed from the top of Rangitoto, "while the other shows ; a field of oats at Drury during harvest* ! Other scenic pictures in the number include a striking picture of Cape Brett, 1 ! a panorama of the valley of the Chamonisi | in the French Alps, and a .view of the I waterfront of Gisborne. ■

There is a highly-humorous drawing showing the first Auckland Anniversary Regatta., and many other pictures of all kinds, which, with the usual quantity of highly-interesting news matter, stories, and special articles, make up a number which for general interest is without &a equal in the colonies. ' ■■ ;