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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 261, 28 July 1908, Page 9

•.' In connection, -'with .tho Sydney Street'' and '.Northland''Priniitivo. Methodist .Mutual Improvement Society' another onjoyable' meeting was lield. last ' evening, wlien there was a -large attendance, • the ReV.7 C. E. ' Ward' -presiding. Short- but. most: interesting essays were contributed on "Tipping," "New Zealand Life," and ■"Character," by • Misses- Ward, Shancott, and Leadbetter respectively. The various topics provided amplo scope for discussion, in which quite a number participated. At intervals mu. sical items were rendered by Mrs. Tighe, Misses Ward and Wallace. , Lovers of art should not miss the opportunity of viewing the fine collection of oil and watercolour . paintings by British and "Continental artists 1 which'aro to bo sold by Messrs. W. 11. Turnbull and Co. (under instructions from Mrs Fletcher Johnston) on Thursday next, commcncing:at 2-p.m. It is seldom that "an array of pictures by such well-established artists are c-ffored for sale at all in this country, and probably novor-6UCh a lot havo'. been auctioned in the-Dominion. There are specimens of the daintv work of P. J. Aldridgo' (a member of the Dudley Gallery), the string aswrtive paintiig ofLcxdcn J, Pocock,,who exhibits "Isabella," the idea of which is taken from Keats's lines— " She'gazed into tho fresh thrown mould'm though ono glance did fully all its secrets tell.' "An Autumn Morning," by. W. Fallen Bishop, R.8.A., is a beautifully-painted' lan[scape drosed with the subtle charm of autumn tints. Another nico picture is entitled "Near 'jillingbain," by G. S. Walters,: R.8.A., who lias a pretty atmospheric fancy,• There are, too, :anrasses by tho late A. W. Weedon, R.I. (news of vhoso (loath was recently received), Willi;-, tn Afllock (of tho Dudley Galcry), R.A.K., Marshall and James Capo (also of tho Dudley Gallory) Florenco Fitzgerald, of tho ,Lifel-pool, Inlkrvl E. St. John, Signor A., Buzyi, Seymour Wilson, Porcy Thomas, R. S. and C. E. Butler. A pleasant hour cau easily bb spent, in absorbing ths artistic delights that aro afforded in this remarkable collection, and those interested should new the paintings .witln.uk del.iy, (