FIJI-NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITION 227 
interested in the liquor business either as producers or consumers. 
After the advertising section eame ‘‘The Weekly News Magazine”’ 
with instalments of several novels; then the general news items, 
a health column, literature and art, notes and comments, New 
Zealand news, and a page devoted to Wellington. What follows 
appears to be editorial matter, the leader being ‘‘A Call to Serv- 
ice’’ anent the threatening war with Turkey for which Australia 
and New Zealand offered assistance even to the extent of sending 
troops. One page is devoted largely to proceedings in Parliament 
and another to miscellaneous items. Auckland occupies two pages, 
then follow several pages of cabled items, largely from London 
and other parts of the British Empire, with a few brief items from 
New York. The latest news under the heading, ‘‘Second Edition,’’ 
occupies two pages, followed by another page of advertisements. 
The most conspicuous feature, however, is sixteen full pages of 
extraordinarily beautiful reproductions of photographs, as good 
as can be found anywhere, devoted to Wellington and its environ- 
ment, printed on heavy, glazed paper, giving various panoramic 
views of the city, the wharves, water front, bird’s-eye view of the 
main business district from an aeroplane, the Parliament build- 
ing, public buildings and colleges, principal streets, three pano- 
ramic views of the city and harbor, the zodlogical garden, pictur- 
esque spots in and about Wellington, City Officials, a golf cham- 
pionship meet, Wellington’s milk supply and a page devoted to 
racing and a Rugby match between New South Wales and Auck- 
land. Several pages are devoted to commercial news, miscellane- 
ous items, sports, agriculture and farming, stock raising ete., and - 
finally, ten pages more of advertising matter. Certainly a com- 
prehensive bill of fare to interest all classes of readers. There are 
a number of good dailies in the more important centers. The 
Government Publicity Agent, Mr. Drew, edits and apparently 
censors all news regarding Dominion official affairs. 
I found the reporters alert and evidently ‘‘on the job’’ as in 
other places but it seemed that they were less given to distorting 
the sayings of interviewed parties and to be more conscientiously 
accurate in their stories. The doings of high government officials 
and personages of various sorts occupy much less space in the 
public press than in England or even the United States, which is 
evidence of a nearer approach to real democracy. 
