AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 3

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

-— P ON SALE TO-DAY. j| || PRICE SIXPENCE. [i |j ; !■ n SPECIAL WAR EDITION. c|i SPECIAL WAR EDITION. ; |! '■ P STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS. |. (j :,!! : ' 1 BRITAIN'S POWER. J! | ! | BATTLESHIPS IN ACTION. 5> I uj GERMANY'S STRENGTH. ; $ ■■ PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENTS. \ <> WAR DECLARATION. MOBILISATION IN CAPITAL. * ~; DEPARTURE OF AUCKLAND ■■ |l TROOPS. ' y ('■ FLEETS OF DOMINIONS. ( 3 ; < LEADERS IN THE STRIFE. ! ; THE THEATRE OF WAR. {' ? ; FATAL FIRE AT BLUFF. \ < LADY HOOKEY PLAYERS. ■ f PORTRAITS. | j ! '\ MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. A STRIKING war edition of the Arna.vrro j | Weekly News is issued thin morning. i $ The illustrations cover the movements of I ' volunteers in Auckland and Wellington. ,' 1 The local men are depicted assembled at | ! the Drill' Hall busily preparing (or their j I departure to Wellington, ami their semi- j. | 'off at the railway station is also coin- r| onsly illustrated. A particularly line pano- j. | i ramie picture deals with the announcement i s iof war in Wellington. 'Ibis shows » cor.- j. | 1 sideraMo portion of the enormous crowd j | which gathered at the Parliamentary . f Buildings to hear the King's message, and I. j the Governor delivering it. Kvcry o;.»' j | of the many other pictures is of special j. | interest, hut those most worthy 0? note ' | portray the total fighting strength of the L| German fleet, typical battleships of tho j; | British and Trench Navies, units of the j I Commonwealth, New Zealand, and Cana- i f dian sea forces, a German inau-o'-war j | passing through the Kiel Canal, an im- [, j prcssion of a modern naval battle, ships [j I sunk since the commencement of.hostili- |; i ties, Dreadnoughts at battle-practice, the. »• i personnel of a fighting ship, and tho full \{ | equipment of a New Zealand volunteer, j | Numerous portraits include the King, Earl j. | Kitchener, Sir lan Hamilton! Sir John i: j French, King Albert of Belgium, the Pre- ij { sident aijd Prime Minister of France, tho hi chief of staff of the Austrian Army, Vice- [■ j Admiral Jellicoe and Bear-Admiral Charles ■ J Madden, Viscount Mnrley ami Mr. John j; | Burns. A cartoon and a French military Ij'j map also contribute to the {joneral excel- )! j lence of the production. i; ===== \\.