ANGLO-COLONIAL.

Feilding Star, 23 December 1908, Page 4

ANGLO-COLONIAL.

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(From Car Sp««el Correspondent.) London, Nov. 11. A New Zealand painter, Miss Grace 1. Joel, is exhibiting at the Society of j-ortrait Painters Exhibition a farming portrait of a little girl, a harmonious arrangement of purples and pinks, _lthough, perhaps, somewhat faulty in arawing. Owing to want of space, as the new gallery _s largely oooupied with the exhibition of the Roy<al Art Needlework Society, there are very few works being shown there just now, and, although it may be said that they in no way advance the reputation of its members, stiDt the dominion is to be congratulated upon being the birthplace of the selected few. The best exhibitors, and those which really do'credit to the show, are the late John Pettie, R.A., witih five portraits, and the late Chas. Furse, A.R.A. Mr F. Pennefather, a retired Judge of your Supreme Court, was <an occupant of a motor-car which figured in a collision last week. The Northwich coroner held an inquiry regarding the tragic death, through collision between the motor-car and a railway train, of Mrs Le Neve Forster, aged 64, the wife of a Manchester merchant and magistrate. The chaffeur was uniable to attend, and will be in the infirmary for a week. Deceased's son gave evidence of identification, and said she was used to motoring. _vir Pennefather stated that on approaching the railway crossing at Norithwich he noticed a man with a red flag. Nothing was mentioned -because he thought tlhe chaffeur knew his business. The car'was travelling slowly. The thought flashed through Ids mind, " Shall we get. across bef ore the train comes up?" As they were crossing, _ie train oame up slowly on the lore and pushed the car along the line. He did not feel any Shock of collision. Then the car overturend, ■ ajid he saw Mrs Forster thrown out. Allmost immediately afterwards, he himself was pitched out, but managed to wriggle out of the way of the train. He was informed that Mrs Forstsr was killed. Witness knew very little of motoring, but he had every reason /to believe that the chaffeur drove carefully. The new gui3e book issued by the New Zealand Shipping Company for the use of passengers by the company's steamers -iB a very smart one. It is pulfcished by Messrs A. and C. Black, and contain several chapters trom the Hon.. VV. P. Reeves' new book on the dominion, reviewed in another column, together with some of the beautiful _i.usti"ation_ in oolour whioh adorn that very notable production. The chapter dealing with the Auckland_.province is written by. Mr Rollett, the special commissioner of the New Zealand Herald; that on Wellingixut . by Mr Malcolm Ross; F.R.G.S., correspondent of the London Times; the Canterbury section by Mr W.. H. Triggs, editor of the Christchareih Press; and the Otago chapter by Mr A. Wilson. Mr Triggs quotes an interesting remark made by Sir John Gorst when he went out ro Christchurch in 1908 _. British Commissioner to the .lew Zealand Exhibiton: "I wsh that I coufld have a cottage (here, and end the rest of my days in this charming spot. I feel that I have been in England aU the time. It is the loveliest town that 1 have ever seen. It is a ' garden city, x'o my mind; Christchurch is exactly what we are trying to make our garden cities in England." A party of 482 "assisted" thuxlolass passefngers left the R.M.Dock by the Wakanui for the dominion last W©€sl_ At a sale of rare postage stamps last week in London a .New Zealand 1856 ls green fetched £13 10s. Other high prices were'a perforated Victorian orange of the 18fj0-62 issue, which realised £11, and a New South WaKs ld, red, 1851, £7 ss.