FLETCHER JOHNSTON PICTURES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 101, 29 April 1912, Page 8

FLETCHER JOHNSTON PICTURES

Mre. Fletcher John&tonV exhibition ot water colour drawings by English modern artisto opened in TurnbuH's Gallery, 27, Panarna-Btreet, to-day. A large number v( people visited the gallery. The collection is not large, but It contains a number of works of outstanding merit. Among tho armls represented may bs mentioned Tollen Bishop, F. J. Aldridgo, Achilie Cuzzi, Lexdeu L. Pocock, G G Kilburne. R.1., James Cafe, A. W. Strut! . A.R.E., Shaw Compton, R.1., and others equally well known. "The Shepherd's Queen" and "An Angel" (Pocock), "Sir Roger de Coverley" (Kilburne), "The Good Samaritan" (Sheridan Knowles), and "Oh to be Young" (A. W. Strutt— a fine study of horses— attract the particular attention of visitors to the gallery. •'Idle Hours" is a large drawing remarkable for the boauty of the colouring and the wealth of detail. It is almost minia-ture-like in thh respect. Admission is free to the gallery.

Owiny: in a £%ht difficulty regarding a water right, the Banks Co-operative Moat Company's propprti^ at NgahauKmgA were not offered far sale at auction by Messrs. Abraham and Williams this alternoon. Tlte difficulty is being removed, mul thfr properties will then be open for juivate F&!e. There are 82 assisted iwmigiante arriving by the lluaJiiue on Thiu'bdu.v. These include 33 domestic servant s in <;harge ot a, matron, and the remaining immigrant jja^engeis me wives aaid '.-hildreii lejuiniii^ huibande and fitkiiis -iv New Zealand.