Show I The Auckland New Zealand Times i I sends us a copy of its Christmas number num-ber which it regards wtih great pride as a specimen of journalistic enterprise enter-prise Considering the pricesixpence it is a very creditable production consisting con-sisting of fiftysix pages with a large amount of news and many illustrations illustra-tions the best of which is a lithograph I of the Maori Chief Rewi defying the British troops at Orakau It is a fine picture detached from the newspaper The other cuts are not to be compared t with the American engravings unless it may be those poor cuts which have no pretence to art Altogether the Times has succeeded in issuing a number num-ber which reflects credit on the management man-agement and speaks well for the pro I gress of journalism in New Zealand |