Wellington Jottings.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 139, 23 April 1894, Page 2

Wellington Jottings.

(From our own correspondent). INSURANCE OR HCTDBIS. Mr G. W. Smart, pawnbroker, said the Phcenix Assurance Association ef London or £235, the value ef five pieturee, *hicb were insured in the abosw office, end lestroyed by fire, on jlaintiff’e prentlecu fome 18 months ago. One ef tbe pictures is said to have besu e genuine ” Murillo, i Seville painter who lived 200 yearn age. Three local artists gave evidence in the :a<te, two asserting that the pieturee were .aluablc, and the other that they were vorthless as art productions. The Murillo jicture, so it was stated, wen offered for £4O before the firs, bat this statmnsnt the jlaintiff denied. Murillo, (who lived in tie time of VelasqntE, enothnr greet punter, celebrated for his sparkling and vivacious pictures) was a painter noted for his religious subjects, end a picture that at proved to be from his brush is mors likely to fetch £4OOO instead of £4O Greet stress was laid in Court on the ert vein# compared with ths commercial value, and several knotty points cropped up, rendering it necessary for ths jury to eek many questions. His Honor entered up judg nent for the amount claimed, with coots. THR WEEKLY POPE. Now winter is dawning upon ns the weekly pops are being started again. As usual there are two rival shown, one to be held in ths Opera House evwry Wednesday night, and the other in the Skating Rink m Saturdays. Mr H. Tytfisrleigh, e oaritone singer from Sydney, ■ managing the latter, and eays he will introduce exceptional talent from Australia during tke season. < HRYSANTRRMUM SHOW. The show promises to surpass, in entries, all previous shows. Entries are due by noon on ths 24th. ntPßovnuiNTs. Ths ground fronting Parliamentary buildings are being tastefully laid out, and when finished and having e fine mantle of grass, will be a pleasing sight. Ths foundation of the building is also being bnoked and plastered, and the whole structure painted. HENRY LAWSON. The Australian poet, has accepted mi appointment in the South Island, whom he io now. It is to be hoped that this son of ths gods will remain in our colony, ■ind write much New Zealand Terse. But Harry has his moods and changes, is a mystic being (characteristic of a poet), and fresh scenes haunt him. THE BALLANCR MONUMENT. A deputation waited, the other day, on the Premier in reference to a Government site for the Ballanct m mument. The deputation suggested that the site should be iu the grounds fronting Parliament Buildings, but ths Premier, although not objecting to ths suggestion, mid that tho matter would have to be laid before Parliament, as he thought would b% the better plan. He also remarked that tke colony did not cherish ths memory of its fctatssmen as older countries do, a fact te be regretted, and trusted that tha time would not be long when monuments in memory of New Zealand's statesman, who had worked hard for tha advance inent of the country, would bn emoted. Mr James, ths Secretary of tke Bnllaneo Memorial Committee, inform* me that money io still coming in for the object, and that he had been busy of late acknowledging subscriptions and attending te the duties involved as secretary. “ kaseowiski.” Mr D. M. Luckie s brochure , mp in small type, will probably bn published this week. It is brimful ef the opinions of eminent military and naval heroes, sad the compiler must have devoted mueh trouble and time to their collectioa. There are also many tables and statistics of interest and eolightment to the ordinary public, while the Kaskowioki skit it highly sensational and amusing, being followed by episodes of what occurred next day in Auckland (February 24tb, 1878) and showing ths scare the skit produeed. Potmen.