AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS
THE FLEET ARRIVES. A SUPERB PUBLICATION. ; Probably never before in tho history of ; Auckland has the Waitemata Harbour r been tho setting for such a magnificent • . spectacle as that provided when the Special Service Squadron arrived last. Saturday morning.. All that was best in this wonderful pageant, captured by the camera,' is placed on record in this week's 'V'iCl issue of - the Auckland Weekly News. It is truly' a beautiful publication, equal : to the highest standard of work produced by a journal already world-famous for the ; excellence of its illustration?. No trouble and expense has been spared to procure the best pictures. The won- ,/- derful welcome by Auckland's great fleet of pleasure . craft' is given. prominence in many, photographs, and each one is a ' -f. gem. The beautiful picture presented as the great sea-monarch,' the Hood, went a slowly to' hor berth is faithfully repro- v L *' duced with all the . exquisite • lighting ® effects that attended it.' ' " • v Readers of the Wesklt News will have ; laid before them, to examine afc their lei- ' sure, the: great- sight,? that delighted, the eyes of those /.aloft 1 in seaplanes, ! the yachtsmen in their pleasure boats and the arrival - a.a seen by our visitors" on '.the Hood. - Auckland is t:ie only New Zealand port at; which . the whole . squadron has j; assembled, and' full : advantage . has been : " taken of . the opportunity., to secure some- V thing different from and better than anything previously presented., „ ~ Among many further features, and sidelights. on ; the visit: are i the , following:—. Young New Zeaianders * entertained in the , battle, cruisers; ~ thousands" thronging ■ ';i every vantage point on the waterfront; ,• illuminations on public buildings < and a " r page of topical: humorous •: drawings •by " 5 the well-known artist, T.L. ■ At • the usual price 1 ' of •9d . the issue will be. published ; to-morrow, but a'. limited -i 'H number of copies will ba : available at the ; : : j office tJiin, afternoon. . : /
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 8
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322AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 8
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