ILLUSTRATED ODDS AND ENDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14928, 28 February 1912, Page 10

ILLUSTRATED ODDS AND ENDS.

After the conclusion of the great Durbar ceremonies at Delhi the King-Emperor went north as the guest of the Maharajah of Nepal who unoged a great tiger hunt in his honour. During the shikar-as it is called-lhe Royal & party bagged 39 tigers, 18 rhinocen, and four bears- Tho King-Emperor, who has Imputation as an excellent shot. himself accounted for 24 of the tigers. In the photograph the King-Emperor and the Maharajah of .Nepal are *een on their elephants in the centre of the group.

Although Italy has formaJJv annexed the erstwhile Turkish colony of Tripoli, her army has so far failed to subdue the new colony. This illustration, drawn by the only artist with the Turkish forces, shows the retreat of the defenders before the Italian army at the battle of Ain Zara. On the right, in the foreground, are Turkish regiments taking up a new position with (behind them) Arabs retiring to a new position. In the centre is rating shrapnel, and towards the right the explosion of a big shell is shown. In the background (on the left) are the Italian troops making a swinging uiovement, and, a, little further to the right (on a line with these troops) Italian artillery. Behind the advancing Italians is Tripoli and near the-mosques, which are- visible at the left centre may be seen smoke from steamers.