GIFT TO YACHTSMEN. —Cup purchased with the surplus funds of the Port Nicholson Motor-boat Club, which recently disbanded, and presented to the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor-boat Association. The trophy is to be offered to the New Zealand Yachting Council for the 12ft 6in Z class New Zealand championship contest
COLOUR CINEMATOGRAPHY SIMPLIFIED.—Two technicians in moving pictures, Mr. D. Daponte (left), who has made a study of stereoscopic films, and Mr. S. J. Cox, slow-motion photography expert, with the machine they have perfected to project cinematograph films in colour. Ordinary black and white film is used, a special lens, through a series of facets, breaking up the spectrum and producing natural colours on the screen.
Above is a reproduction of an autographed crayon drawing of President Franklin Roosevelt, executed by an artist friend of his, sent by him to the Rotarians of New Zealand through Rotarian Frank Milner, as an expression of his appreciation of their action in sending Rotarian Milner to the U.S.A, on a goodwill mission.
GERMAN TRANS-ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL FLYING.—One of the two Dornier Wal long-distance flying-boats which have commenced to make commercial flying history by starting the German trans-Atlantic Air Service. The two machines arrived at Southampton on October 26, en route to Cadiz, where they were to be joined by two similar craft to start the experimental service across the Atlantic. A converted liner, the Westfalen, will be used as a “half-way house” in connection with the service.
FIREWORKS AT ATHLETIC PARK, WELLINGTON.—“Prince of Wales Feathers,” one of the most effective pieces at the fireworks display on Wednesday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.-Croquet players, grabbed in the correct costume for the game twenty years ago, played the first match at Wellington on the occasion of the twenty-first birthday party of the Kelburn Croquet Club Mrs. R. Gardner, captain of the club, is standing on the right.
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308GIFT TO YACHTSMEN.—Cup purchased with the surplus funds of the Port Nicholson Motor-boat Club, which recently disbanded, and presented to the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor-boat Association. The trophy is to be offered to the New Zealand Yachting Council for the 12ft 6in Z class New Zealand championship contest COLOUR CINEMATOGRAPHY SIMPLIFIED.—Two technicians in moving pictures, Mr. D. Daponte (left), who has made a study of stereoscopic films, and Mr. S. J. Cox, slow-motion photography expert, with the machine they have perfected to project cinematograph films in colour. Ordinary black and white film is used, a special lens, through a series of facets, breaking up the spectrum and producing natural colours on the screen. Above is a reproduction of an autographed crayon drawing of President Franklin Roosevelt, executed by an artist friend of his, sent by him to the Rotarians of New Zealand through Rotarian Frank Milner, as an expression of his appreciation of their action in sending Rotarian Milner to the U.S.A, on a goodwill mission. GERMAN TRANS-ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL FLYING.—One of the two Dornier Wal long-distance flying-boats which have commenced to make commercial flying history by starting the German trans-Atlantic Air Service. The two machines arrived at Southampton on October 26, en route to Cadiz, where they were to be joined by two similar craft to start the experimental service across the Atlantic. A converted liner, the Westfalen, will be used as a “half-way house” in connection with the service. FIREWORKS AT ATHLETIC PARK, WELLINGTON.—“Prince of Wales Feathers,” one of the most effective pieces at the fireworks display on Wednesday. TWENTY YEARS AGO.-Croquet players, grabbed in the correct costume for the game twenty years ago, played the first match at Wellington on the occasion of the twenty-first birthday party of the Kelburn Croquet Club Mrs. R. Gardner, captain of the club, is standing on the right. Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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