ALREADY A GHOST
When the wind blows, the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum, though only a few days officially old, acquires a gnost—or is it a banshee?— worthy of the oldest pile in th 2 Northern Henuspnere. It has a -wailing, crescendo note that, while it is reminiscent of a fire-alarm just outside, is sufficiently plaintive to be definitely determined as something psychic, and therefore archaeologically desirable. There is no hint, except possibly to some of the wiser scientific philosophers housed in the building, as to the nationality of the noise. It may be .Maori. There is certainly • something of the tangi in it. On the other hand, it may well be that on the haft of one of the ancient tomahawks in the glass cases there is the blood of an Irishman, which would account for the keening note in the aeolian dirge. After a while spent'in listening to it, it seems definitely Celtic. According to those who erected the building it is unaccountable. While this disposes of some theories, it does not get rid'of the. noise, loudest immediately on entering the building, which is, despite the sound* and dust-proof doors, audible, even ia the Art Gallery,, where last night's big gathering found it highly interesting and,in some cases a little alarming. The museum should be proud. It is not every institution of the sort that" has an exhibit like this. '" •.. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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ALREADY A GHOST
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 10
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