BANISHED BY A DUKE
TAXI STAND DISAPPEARS The Duke of Westminster has had a London taxi cab rank moved—-because it obscured the view of an artist. The artist is Mr Algernon Newton, A.11.A. Ho was painting a picture of Bourdon House, Davies street, the London “ cottage ” of the Duke of Westminster. He stood liis easel on the steps of a building on the opposite side of the street, in the centre of which was the taxi rank. But the taxis prevented him obtaining a clear view of the house. One morning the Duke, seeing the artist craning his neck, asked casually if ho wouldn’t like the obstruction cleared away. Mr Newton said he would. The following morning the taxi rank had mysteriously disappeared. The duke had found it another site. Ho owns most of that part of Loudon. At the beginning of June Air Newton was painting another view—from a third floor window of Buckingham Palace, with the King's permission. He said nobody disturbed him there.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22326, 28 July 1934, Page 3
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