BRITISH ART COLLECTION.
SALES EXCEED £15,000. (Frosi Oub Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, June 10. Mr A. A. Longden, who is returning to England, is very well satisfied with tho sales of pictures at the Exhibition. The sales have exceeded £15.000, or more than double the- figure recorded at the St. Louis Exhibition. Mr Longrien save the people of New Zealand have learned to appreciate pictures since the Britioh collection came to this country, and this will benefit local a.-tists. To support thi6 statement Ec menthat the sales at the Canerbury Art Society's present annual show are more numerous than usual, and the prices have improved.
The Rev P. S. Hay, M.A.. of Dunlroon, has completed his semi-jubilee in charge of his church at Duntroon, having been stationed in that parish since 1882. < LINBEED COMPOUND.' Trade Mark of Kay*! Compound Essence of Lineecd for Cough* ndColdfc
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Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 69
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