AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16309, 16 August 1916, Page 12

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

TO-DAYS EDITION.

1 PRICE SIXPENCE. | | ! WHALING IN NEW ZEALAND.' J i REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS. j THE FLAX INDUSTRY. | - ' INTERESTING ILLUSTRATIONS. I ! . ! VICTORIOUS ITALY. ! ! FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF GORZ. i . . FRENCH ATTACK GERMANS. STRIKING FULL-PAGE PICTURE. SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS RECORD MARCH OVER RANGES. ROLL OF HONOUR. TOPICAL CARTOONS. j . ■ ; To-day's issue of the ArrKtAxn Weekly ; News is a particularly interesting num- j ber, all the pictures being of a high | standard. The double-page contains a striking series of photographs dealing with whaling in North Auckland waters. off Cape Brett. These pictures give a vivid idea of the methods of catching the. monsters of the deep, and some of the snapshots are remarkable. The flax industry has attained important dimensions in New Zealand, the value of the export for the year ended May 31 being £745.684. as against £414.517 for the previous year. A splendid and picturesque series of photographs deals in an interesting way with the industry in the Waikato. and i j will, no doubt, be viewed with more ' than passing attention. Several phases of the war are touched upon. Italy still j continues her victorious advance against r the Austrians, and in this connection an 1 excellent photograph of Gorz. which has been captured by the Italians, appears in the issue. A stirring full-pace picture e showing French soldiers storming a Oerr man trench is another fine feature. - Glimpses of some of the villages in - France passed through by the New Zea- - landers on the way to the front are in- ; i teresting, the snapshots having been taken ' by one of the Auckland soldiers. The - J recent record march over the Rimutaka : ! Ranges of the New Zealand sixteenth £ j reinforcement draft is illustrated by '■ several photographs. There is also a pic- ' ! ture of the departure from Wellington fur I the front of the second quota of the I fifteenth reinforcements on July 29. One . hundred portraits of New Zealand heroes - ' appear in this week's Roll of Honour. J Topical cartoons and other attractive 1 I illustrations are also included in the i I number. 1 ==============