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Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 54

% THE OTAGO WITNESS .• TO« J' ® WIIL BE PUBLISHED NINETEENTH SPECIAL / 'Ymoc \ XMAS NUMBER / \ ftp^ p2C. 17, \ JiUlllU^ly / IN ORDER TO BE IN Oe Otaao Witness \ / THE HAriDS 0F ALL READE * B y w*> \ 1893. / BEFORE XMAS DAY, : '■-■ The Witness Xmas Number for 1896 will be a more than usually attractive one. An Artistically printed illustrated Supplement OF SIXTEEN PAGES Will be one of the Leading Features. The leading contribution to this portion of the paper will be an - * engrossingly interesting sketch of the By DR. HOCKEN, F.R.C.S.E., F.L.S. The Illustrations in which will comprise the following portraits:— Mr. James Busby, Resident Agent. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G. Capt. William Hobson, R.N., nrst Governor. Sir George Alfred Arney, Administrator. Lieut. Willoughby Shortland, R.N., Administrator. Sir James Ferguson, E.C.M G Capt. Robert Fitzroy, R.N. . Marquis of Nobmanby, K.C.M.G. Sir George Grey K.C.B. - c SIR James p RENI)ERGAST k.c.M.G., Administrator. Major-general George Dean Pitt, K.H., Sir Hercules Robinson, G.C.M.G., Bart Administrator. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, G.C.M.G. Lieut. -Governor Edward John Eyre. Sir W. F. D. Jervois GCMG Lieut. -Col. Robert Henry Wynyard. Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G. Col. Sir Thomas Gore Browne, K.C.M.G. Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G, " The Governors " will be preceded by an interesting .historical sketch of -^^-^ :::^-- Che Chatham Jslands, —^?a —^ Pealing with their early inhabitants and pioneer settlers, the Maori prisoners and their escape, and the present-day residents on this interesting group. The Illustrations comprise — EEWI, a Chatham Island Moriori ; one of the few remaining. Tapu, an old Chatham Island Moriori. Interior of Major Gascoigne's House : the Drawing Room. Maori Whare in Big Bush. Waitangi, Chathams. Government Schoolhouse, Te One. Mounganui, from the sea coast. John Dix, Maori, Te One. JYlininCf 111 OtaCfO ea * s w^ wor^ s * n tne M° un * Ida district, the accompanying — illustrations being Mb. John Ewing's Kildare Hill Claim at St. Batiians. The M. and E. Company's Claim at St. Bathans. Accompanying these is a capital little picture of an Otago Central Winter Amusement! "Curling at St. Bathans." OUr oClt£FarV I* aOf(?^ comprise short Biographical Notices of a number of Authors, . «* ' ~* all more or less connected with colonial life, illustrated with Portraits or Sketches as below : — Guy Boothby Mr. Joseph Hocking Mr. Bertram Mitford (Illustrations from "A Bid , for Mr. Arthur Morrison r All for the Expiation of Wynne >■ S^vWnl^.TrifSfi Miss Ethel Turner . r ev . s. G. Fielding, Windsor, N.S.W. '"' 3S?dSSV ("The Family of Misrule," "The Mr. Cotjlson^Kernahan ' Little Duchess.") Mb. Shan F." Bullock Dr. J. B. O'Hara - Henry Kingsley professor Geddes and Social Xi/e in. -Edinburgh Ts a Sketch with the sub-heading "One of Nature's Masterful Strong Men," written by "Dinornis," whose ■contributions to the Witness are eagerly read by all classes of readers. The sketch is accompanied by a portrait of the Professor. Che prize tale Competition.. Although the entries in this competition scarcely came up to those of last year in point of numbers, the quality left nothing to be desired. There were 77 entries, and the Judge" had so much 'good material on his hands towards the last that he experienced the greatest difficulty in making the awards. The announcement of the result will not be made till the appearance of the Tales on December 17 ; but we can confidently promise readers satisfaction with the selection made. Che prize photo. Competition.. The results of this competition, the first so far as the Witness is concerned, have been equally satisfactory there being_ 47 competitors. The judging was placed in the hands of Mr. Morris, Photographer, and the selection made will, we are sure, give satisfaction to our readers. • The greater number of the half-tone blocks used in illustrating the issue have been prepared by Mr W E Frost, of this city. J ' ' ' The literary part of the Witness number will, in addition to the Prize Tales and the Articles enumerated above, include contributions from many Old Contributors, among whom may be mentioned : ' Fedora ' . John Pennell Charles Rule (whose "Tales for the Children are David M'Kee Wright P. E.- Nolan annually received with special favour) Wych Elm. And many others. Taken altogether, the number will be fully up to any of its predecessors, and as both the Literary Contents and Illustrations are purely local and redolent of the soil, the issue is specially suitable for mailing to Home friends, " " - - price Sixpence, -»| gwr- price Sixpence,