OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XVII, 23 April 1898, Page 509

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE BRITISH IN EGYPT. ATTACK ON AN ARAB ZAREBA. The brilliant victory of Sir Herbert Kitchener over the Dervishes recalls in many of its features another battle in an earlier campaign against the revolted tribes of the Upper Nile. The large double-page picture which we print in this issue is a representation of the latter fight, but from the details to hand of the recent battle the engraving may easily stand for that gallant charge the" other day, which has evoked admiration in unexpected quarters. In our picture are all the evidences of that indomitable British valour, which, at the head of a column of Egyptian troops, charged the earthworks' and the zareba in the face of a hail of bullets, and drove out the defenders, fourteen thousand strong, at the point of the bayonet.

A FAVOURITE STEAMSHIP. Those of our readers who have had the good fortune to travel to or from New Zealand in the Shaw Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Gothic scarcely need any introduction to the group of officers whose pictures appear on another page. Even if in some cases the gentlemen may not be very well known, the faet that they are now the Gothic officers embues them with a special interest in the eyes of all who have travelled by that vessel. The Gothic is admittedly one of the most delightful, if. indeed, she is not the most delightful, boat in which to make a long voyage. The whole appointments of the vessel are admirable, and from the commander down to the cook’s mate nothing but the greatest courtesy and sincerest desire to oblige and entertain may be expected by the passengers. The Gothic has accommodation for nearly three hundred passengers in all classes. Many of the saloon staterooms are above the main deck, so that passengers have the ventilation entirely under their own control. The appointments, etc., are in all respects similar to the White Star liners Teutonic and Majestic. The steerage passengers have the quarter-deck aft. and especial attention has been paid to securing the greatest comfort and safety to passengers travelling in this part of the vessel. The dining saloon is situated amidships, and is upholstered in a style similar to that of other vessels on the Liverpool-New York line. Along with our pictures of the present officers we give a photo of Captain Jennings, the first commander of the ship, who has now retired from the sea.