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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue XVII, 25 October 1902, Page 1073

CHRISTMAS NUMBER New Zealand Graphic ••••••••••••••••••••••••• J - > C , ~, -_■ - --nJ* This year’s Christmas Number of the “Graphic” is the LARGEST, " _u-.--.-a- MOST PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED and MOST ARTISTICALLY . . A.. . . FINISHED CHRISTMAS ANNUAL that has yet'been published ik ■■■ m xab. mb Colonies. contains pro"uc™n. J — SIXH-EICHT PACES — ( i and is full of interesting reading appropriate to a publication that ***~^^“~**^^** to be a reflection of the most nietßreeqne phases of New Zealand life. THE COLOURED SUPPLEMENT “At the Empire’s Call,” Is A Historic Fioturb, DEPICTING THE DEPARTURE OF A NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. THIS MAGNIFICENT COLOURED PLATE, measures 3 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 6 in., and is printed in Nine Colours, T’he illustrated portion of the issue has OVER FORTY PAGES OF PICTURES Two Double-Pagre Illustrations. One Hundred and Thirty Pictures. a New ZnaJand Sarita Claue— One af the happiest ideas for a frontispiesa, The Kings of the Forest— Fine pietnres of the kauri industry, comprising Ui.f a charming Native and European child study. a pte»t»gray»re sf one af the oldwt kauris in the N.rth; scenes a* the tfmbel 6 8 „ , ~ ~ .. . boem», with over a million feet of less ready to be swept down; logs comlnf Christmas: The Old and the New— A. very effective combination of the ow the Wfthoa Falla a fire> etc. snowy Christmastide in the Old Country and the sunny Christmas season here. . ~ . .. .. An ideal Christmas eard. Mountaineering In New Zealand -Pie lure. of climbers negotiating the - . , . ... , - most dangerous aeeente in the Southern Alps. A Typlcat Bueh Home— A beautiful photogravure of a settler’s home in the ® .. _. . tl „ „ half-eleared bush A Great Maori Regatta— Fine panorama of the Ngaruawahia Regatta, . . . , .. .. showing the river peeked with native canoes and the shore thick with spectators. Boxing Day in New Zealand-A series of pictures representing the ® 1 holiday-making crowds crowding aboard excursion steamers, sailing in yachts or Maorlland’s Hot Water Babies— Entirely new and striking pictures of inenietino on Roxinv Dav native child life in the Hot Lakes district, including diving at Whakarewarewa, ® ® . bathing in the w»rm pools and dMtcing juvenile hak&s. Connoisseurs in native Ancient OarvingfS— Some unique specimens of old Maori carving. custom# have pronounced these pictures as unique. The Greatest Geyser In the World—A series of pictures showing the The Burial Caves OF Rotoiti— On the shores of this lovely lake a number Waimangu Geyser in its most effective aspects, the weird surroundings of the o f b ur j s i caves have been discovered within the last few months. The “ Graphic” ▼alley, tourists cooking breakfast in the boiling soil—a strange sight—and a deals w « th pictorially. record eruption of the giant. A graphic description of the geyser in eruption , . accompanies the pictures, which are most striking. Tap u—Descriptions and illustrations of some of the most sacred things of the 1 . . - j . Maori, such as the sacred Ma tai, the tapu burial water of Rotoeliu, the sacred The Sportsman’s Paradise — Scenes representing trout fishing in Southern fl ax q« e Matau-tonga, etp. Some of these pictures appear for the first time and Northern streams, ladies at the gentle craft, pheasant shooting, etc., with j n << G ra phic, s ’ for which they were specially taken. letterpress. Shark Flshina —A most, interesting picture of shark fishing off the New Zealand A New Zealand Sheep Station — All the operations of a sheep station coast, a splendid photograph of one of the monsters just caught, by H. described in pastoral pictures of much beauty. Winkelmaun. Among the Southern Lakes— The seenery of the South Iriaad lakeland is A Great Maori Feast— Another unique picture, showing the barbaric plenty distinctly different from the softer glories of the Northern lakes. The Christmas _ Me ks „f potatoes, dozens of dead pigs and scores of bank notes, all in on« “ Graphic ” contains a selection of some of the most beautiful lake scenery in raixed heap Lat one of the great Maori feasts held recently. Before°the Pakeha Came-Fine art engraving. < Deerstalking In New Zealand-A beautiful sylvan scene, entitled “A Camping Out Scenes— The pleasures of camping out in summer time in jOnK 10 ' , , different parts of New Zealand are shown in a series of views. Yachting In Auckland Harbour— One <£lhe most comprehensive yachting Wellington : The Empire City— An entirely new view of the capital, pictures ever published. showing it off to much advantage. • Scenes In FlJl— Tropic landscapes representative of the beauty of these islands Auckland: The Queen of the North — Hitherto unpublished views of our neighbours, and perhaps one day to be united politically to us. the Northern city, taken since the recent improvements. A picture Aucklanders GumdiKirinß in the North—A characteristic scene. should send home. . „ . ~ Napier— The pieturesque capital of the East Coast. An Home- Large composite pietnre, measuring 21in. x 13m. Suitable By Mountain, Stream and Sea—A selection of twelve of the most at- or ia,llln Ktractive bits of scenery in the two Islands. Views typical of New Zealand at its The Old Order Changeth— A very beautiful double-page engraving. VVoula beet. make a fine picture in a name. It measures 21in x 13in. NOW READY. PRICE ONE SHILLING.