THE WEEKLY NEWS
NAVAL FAREWELL RECENT SPORTING TOPICS MANY INTERESTING PICTURES A wide variety of interesting pictures, articles and stories is presented in the current issue of Thf, Weekly News, which is on sale to-day. In the main photographic section a page is devoted to the At Home held on H.M.S. Achilles in Auckland last week, when over 5(10 guests wore entertained. There is an impressive view from the surface of the l'Y.'mz Josef Glacier looking down to the Waiho River, and also pictures of trout caught in the Waikato River near Hamilton, race meetings throughout the country, and the Auckland Golf Club's dance held last wevk, Of unusual interest is a page of pictures taken at Taiaroa Head, Dunedin. showing the life history of the Royal Albatross nesting there. '"Britain Could Win a Mechanised War" is the title of an article by jNI ajor J£. D. Sheppard, of the Royal Tank Corps, which appears in tho magazine section. Other subjects include the use of the "bulldozer'' type olf machinery in breakitig-in farm lands in the Bailor districts; the documentary side of the Centennial of the Dominion; '"Where Do Wakatipu Waters Escape?" and a novel and humorous article by Dean Inge on "Why People Write Their Life Story." There are also a number of short stories and the final episode in Anne Meredith's serial "The Whole Truth."
An interesting assortment of sporting articles is provided in another section of this number. The athletic policemen of Hamilton are the subject of one feature. Jack Mills continues his series of articles on New Zealand cricket, stressing the need for more first-class games. Of importance to tennis players is ""Ranker's" article 011 the problem of the foot-fault rule. There are also pages devoted to pjolf, bowls, baseball, boxing and wrestling. Prospects for coming race meetings are discussed by "Surveyor." Much advice of a valuable and topical nature is to he found in the section of this issue for "The Man on the Land."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23208, 30 November 1938, Page 17
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