AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15125, 16 October 1912, Page 9

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS

NOW ON SALE. PRICE, SIXPENCE, AN EXCELLENT ISSUE. FULL OF TOPICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. MAIN TRUNK SLIP. THREE PAGES OF PICTURES. THE HUNTLY STRIKE. ( HAMILTON TERRITORIAL PARADE* AUCKLAND WATERSIDERS' DEMONSTRATION. CAMP COOKERY CLASS. NEW GUINEA SNAPSHOTS. PONSONBY CATHOLIC SCHOOB FOUNDATION STONE LAID. ULSTERMEN DRILLING. SCHOOL SPORTS MEETINGS. GENERAL BOOTH'S FUNERAL* INTERESTING PORTRAITS. . ARMY AVIATION FATALITY. TOPICAL 3ARTOON. NUMEROUS MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS. The huge fall of, earth which, occurred on the North Island Main Trunk railway botwee Horopito and Ohakune on Thursday night last, by which tho line has been,' blocked ever since, is the most serious mishap which has occurred since the railway was opened. An excellent" idea of the extent of the slip, and the resultant disorganisation of traffic, may be obtained from the very fine series of pictures occupying, three pages of the. Attcklajoji Weekly News, issued to-day. Tie pictures, which appear exclusively in the News, were obtained with considerable difficulty, but the series is a, remarkably complete one, completely covering ilia event. There are about 30 pictures in all. :

Labour troubles continue to play a big part in Dominion affairs, and strikes are now of almost daily occurrence. The latest serious development i:3 that at Huiitlr, where the coalminers are out. A. page and a-half of snapshots, secured during the first days of the strike last- week, are also a feature of the issue. The demonstration arranged by the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union at the behest of the Federation of Labour, to demand' the release of imprisoned Waihi strikers, also furnishes the subject for an interesting page of snapshots, which includes a picture of the "indignation meeting" held outside Mount Eden gaol. A fine panoramic view of the Waihi mine, where work has just, been recommenced with arbitration labour, is also included.

Numerous other events are illustrated irt I the number. Amongst them are : —The depositing of the colours of the 4th Regiment, in St. Peter's Church, Hamilton, the opening of the English hop-picking season, the laying of tho foundation stone of tho new Marist Brothers' school at Ponsonby by Bishop Clean-, the military school of cookery at Trentham (half-page of snapshots), sports at Christ's College, Christchurch, and King's College, Auckland, Ulstermen drilling to resist Home Rule, the funeral of General Booth, the British army aviation fatality, and many others. The portraits includo the new Mikado, King Nicholas of Montenegro, and several other interesting personages in connection, with the trouble in the Balkans. There is a pago of snapshots from New Guinea, a fine full-page study of an old Maori warrior, a . comprehensive panorama of Constantinople, a topical cartoon, and. numerous other pictures of interest, making tip a most complete and interesting number, and one which cannot be equalled in the Dominion.