JURY TO VISIT WANGANUI.

YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS

The case was resumed yesterday ningAfter arg*ume"nt in Chambers, it vras decided that tho jury should visit AVangraiui at the conclusion .of"the'case to" in-ipect the m'C-nument. ; '

Th-tj cross-examination of Ml* Grivco was proceeded with by Mr Lo-ughiuin. An enlarged photograph of thc pmonumont as it now st.ind.s Bias bande-fl in by Mr Myers, amd its details y, £ro confirmcd'by the witne>s9. Tn-aiiswor to Mr M>«n-s.-,thc witness ciid tliht Mr McDonald was the essenca of courtesy to hii.i all through tho piece, and many times assured him that ho was cognisant of tho details. .He was perfectly su'r^ that Mr McDonald knew of the increase of price when it was mada. Goorge Tuffin>,- caretaker of the gardens at Wanganui. stated that ho Vas through the Maori war .with Major Kemp, and the statue was like the deceased Major, and represented, his !ike-ncs-s at the time of the war. He nad soon many Maoris lookmg at the monumeiitva.nd their only objection was that the monument was white. He considered it a good likeness.

Mr Loughnan showed witness a photograph of the painting of Kemp, from which the statue was made. He sa.id thai; if tho statue was dark it would look more like Kemp, :The painting was ■made before the period of which he spoke; latterly the Major allowed his whiskers to grow somewhat differently. Ihe .features of the.statue*''were like those in the photo, ~.■>■•■ • •

~...,W*lliam Henry Fcldon, sculptor, of Auckland, stated that he Had been m tiio profession since" 1884, and had been carrying on a business in the Dominion for three years. He had (teen ■engaged on modelling statuaa-y constantly during the- period of Ms fcusinesijn New Zealand. Among his Work a bust of the late , lion R J Seddon. He received a photo of Major Ivenm sitting, and from that he prepared a bust in Oamaru stone. He hAu h.ad experience of the cost of figures in-Italy, and thought thaWrtotuo could be purchased for .about £130 landed in New Zealand. Thh • would noc necessarily bo by the best artists. e»r Thomas Brock would probably charge toa^ times as much for tho same" statue. Witness prepared plasticon© models for the foiu-i battle scenes. The- custom was to take negatives from these in bronze. Questioned ;as t o his opinion or the result of the modelling of the j>am-ls witness said that he thought he had m,ad e si splendid job of them U© was paid £60 for these and £12 or £12 12s for the bust. The company pressed him to go on with the statue immediately. H© considered the head was a good likeness of the Major from i-t. P"0*'0? supplied. There was great diinculty in makinc a model from Lho photos supplied.. There was not a proper profile, nor a true full few in the,s© pictures. Ho considered that from the material supplied, -artiste in Italy could not have done better than ho «iv. Witness was riven six or wven weeks-to do the work, hut conW not finish it in that timn. Hp- charged £12. for the w-orlc «s far rus it hnd pone Tm1 ieg.s, 'arms wnd hack wore oorapietod. by someone ofep. He did not cc.<\ thostatue afterwards, but from' tho photoRranu of it ho thought that ovorvan* ought to ho proud of tho monument. Ho Mould do the whole of the enrvin" of t.hs-statue for £100. so.th.it, .adcling'th'-o C7oL of the mn.rbh>. tho prico would amount, to about th? same ns th^.t cf a «ta!.«io from Italy. He thought the i\ew Zealand gr,nirit/re wcire supor,io,r to tiro .Soot-ch or any other g?-aaii(x?s in every way. The colour was prettier, v.ud. there was more weight 'in the stono.

l*o Mr. Loughnau: The statno was luvcr modelled in ckv at .all. If- vras carved in stone. When his succewsor took charge th 0 whole block was laughed out" by tho "pointer," or mason.

The bust was produced in Court. Mr Louglrman landed' the witness two small photos., and after Jooking ,at these ho stated that tho peso of the. figure as shown in them was "rotton,1" and if ho was responsible for it he wouid not expect to be paid for the work. Witness tlion looked at tho onlarsed photograph of the Kemp .memorial, and stated ttait if the smaller picturei.: wero thosmo of the same statue they wcro "faked."

Gray PliiLlips, licensed interpreter, am] traveller, of Lovin. .also gave evidence.— Abrio-od from "Standard."