NEW ZEALAND MAIL
15th DECEMBER 1898
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NUMBER
OUR ILLUSTRATIONS
Our aim in giving prizes for the best set of landscapes and genre studies was to give our readers an idea of the rapid strides made in photography by our local amateurs. The disappointing part of our experiment was the number of photographs which we received marked "For Publication Only", thereby signifying that the sender did not wish compete for the prizes. The reason for this was, we understood, on account of the rules specifying that all work for competition was to be on "glazed P.O.P.". This seems to have grated on the artistic nerves of the carbonites and platinoties. It is a recognised rule in all newspaper competitions the world over, that to arrive at a fair conclusion as to which print is most suitable for publication for after all in these competitions this is the chief object - all work must be judged from the one standpoint. There is no gainsaying the fact that both carbon and platinotype lend themselves to artistic effects, and are immeasurably superior to P.O.P. - which, according to some people, is in its right place in the tube - but as these artistic effects cannot be transferred to printing paper by the half-tone process, and as without them the picture is valueless, it becomes necessary for us to insist on the picture being sent in on the paper that gives us the best idea of what it will he when reproduced. However, on a future occasion we will try the experiment of allowing competitors to choose their own process, and judge for themselves.
We have decided to award the first prize in landscapes to Mr Frank J. Denton; and this artist also secures second place in genre. These entries were so very much superior to the others sent in that if has been decided to withhold the second prize in landscapes. Mr. Denton's genre studies were not up to his usual mark, hut we give him second award to mark our appreciation of the originality displayed. The first prize is withheld.
We desire to thank Mrs Girdlestone and Messrs W.C. Watson, C. Benbow, and J.A. Heginbotham for their kindness in sending in pictures for publication. The Editor also desires to specially thank Mr Thomas Pringle for placing at his disposal his album, containing a splendid assortment of pictures, from which to choose; and Mr. J.A. Heginbotham, the popular secretary of the Wellington Camera Club, for the valuable assistance given in connection with the illustrations. The Editor also desires to thank Mrs Herman, of Cuba street, for permission to use the photo of Viscount Northland and the Ladies Constance and Eileen Knox, and also to Mr. E. Wurzenburg, Featherston, for his two beautiful photos of deer.
QUEEN’S WHARF, WELLINGTON
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
WELLINGTON AT LAST
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
MAORI CHIEFTAINESS
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
BULLOCKY
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
AT TRENTHAM
Photograph by Mrs Girdlestone
MAKURI GORGE
Photograph by Mrs Girdlestone
A FAITHFUL FRIEND
Photograph by S.G. Watson
ONE OF THE OLD SCHOOL
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
PINE SHADOWS NOONTIDE
Photograph by Mrs Girdlestone
TWO MAORI BELLES
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
BEWARE OF THE DOG
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
HUTT RIVER, NEAR MUNGAROA
Photograph by C.A. Benbow
WHITE PINES, TRENTHAM
Photograph by J. Heginbotham
IN THE TRACK OF THE AXE
Photograph by Mrs Girdlestone
HUTT BRIDGE, NEAR ROSS GARDENS
Photograph by J. Heginbotham
FORDING THE WAINUI RIVER
Photograph by J. Heginbotham
AFTER THE FLOOD
Photograph by S.G. Watson
A FAMILY PARTY AT MOHOKOA
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
THE FAIRY FERNY POOL
Photograph by Mrs Girdlestone
KAUNGARAPA STREAM, BAY OF ISLANDS
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
KAUNGARAPA FALL'S IN FLOOD, BAY OF ISLANDS
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
THE PASSING OF THE FOREST
Photograph by S.G. Watson
FERN TREES, BAY OF ISLANDS
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
A BEND ON THE WAIPOUA, MASTERTON
Photograph by C. Benbow jun
A LAZY DAY ON THE OTAKI
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
THE NOISY GEESE THAT GAMBLED O’ER THE POOL
Photograph by J. Heginbotham
FALLS ON TAKEHE RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF THE HOKIANGA
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
A BUSH TRACK, KERERU, MANAWATU
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
SATURDAY EVENING, A CHARACTER, SKETCH
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
KAUNGARAPA FALLS IN FLOOD, TAPU BUSH, BAY OF ISLANDS
Photograph by Frank J. Denton
THE VERY PLACE FOR A BATHE (WAIPOUA RIVER)
Photograph by C.A. Benbow
ABOVE THE HUKA FALLS, WAIKATO RIVER
Photograph by Thomas Pringle
THE PATIENT TOILERS OF THE FIELD
Photograph by S.G. Watson
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE FACTORY OF MESSES KIRKPATRICK AND CO.
Photograph by H. Brusewitz, Nelson
NOONTIDE REST — STUDY OF DEER, WAIRARAPA
Photograph by E. Wurzenburg, Featherston
HERD OF YOUNG DEER, WAIRARAPA
Photograph by E. Wurzenburg, Featherston
VISCOUNT NORTHLAND AND THE LADIES CONSTANCE AND EILEEN KNON
Lord and Lady Ranfurly’s Children as They Appeared at the Recent Fancy Dress Ball
Photograph by Mrs Hermann, Cuba Street