AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.
ON SALE TO-DAY PRICE, SIXPENCE. SPLENDID EDITION ALIVE WITH TOPICAL PICTURES. SWEET PEA PAGEANT. NAPIER FLORAL PETE. GRAND MILITARY TOURNAMENT. AUCKLAND BOWLING CONTESTS. RACES AT ELLERSLIE. FIRE AT DEVONPORT. HOLIDAYMAKERS IN AUCKLAND. DOMINION TENNIS TOURNAMENT. AUCKLAND'S BEAUTIFUL HOMES. PORTRAITS. MISCELLANEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS?
An exceptionally interesting number |§| of the Auckland Weekly News its appearance this morning. It comprises •_■ a pictorial record of the principal events |j of the Christmas and New Year holidays. ||| Every page contains striking pictures of |j| topical occurrences. The floral carnival '.;S and sweet pea pageant, held in the Do- >' main on Saturday last, are the subject of --' a very pretty selection of photographs, ( , which show many of the prize winners hi.Spj their picturesque costumes. The chief ,' >■ events in the big military tournament are. -Jig also illustrated in attractive style. The races at Ellerslie cover two pages, Hfcjjp which are pictured the most importani "j< 'i events of the second and third days' meetings. Numerous seaside scenes, showing : .j the crowds of excursionists on the beaches ; S around Auckland, and the busy time perienced by the ferry companies, combine .5;; in making the central pages of the edteffll tion a memento of the manner in which ■,'-"< thousand of Auckland people spent the hot sunny days of the holiday season. ||| Other pictures of interest include several 11 snapshots of the New Zealand lawn tennis S| championships tournament, Russell regatta, =M a destructive fire at Devonport, Queen 8 Street during the holiday rush, the g§j world's most powerful and most expensive M Dreadnought, some of Auckland's most S beautiful homes, Auckland bowling con- Up tests, wreck of the Triton, the Te Kao-v-J; school boys arriving in Auckland, th« m mardi gras carnival at Napier, portraits 1 and numerous other illustrations, every a one of general interest. l| The Auckland Weekly News holds;-| the reputation of being superior to allv|| other weekly illustrated papers in Aus- i I tralasia, In variety of subjects and in ' M reproduction this week's issue is even | above the usual standard of the journal. |
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15501, 7 January 1914, Page 4
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