The front page of The Gymeric Times, April 1900. It was written on board the ship Gymeric. The newspaper was contributed by Winston Mackley of Takapuna, Auckland. His father, Private James Forester Mackley, travelled on the Gymeric with No.
This striking image of a train riding high over the Makohine Viaduct on the North Island main trunk was designed by leading Railways Studio artist Stanley Davis.
Not long after his arrival in Crete New Zealander Geoffrey Cox, a
successful journalist, was ordered to report to the commander of allied troops on the island, General Freyberg.
Freyberg wanted Cox to write a paper to boost morale among the troops
and gave him five days to produce it.