IMPOSING STATUES
GIFT FOR INVERCARGILL i * (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A commission to carve life-size figures in statuary marble of Earl Kitchener and Earl Jellicoe has been entrusted to Mr. W. If. Eldon, the sculptor-artist of Auckland. The purchaser, whose name cannot be disclosed at present, intends to present the works to lnvercargill, mainly as an inspiration to children. The work is estimated to cost £4OOO to £SOOO. The figures of Kitchener and Jellicoe will be mounted on massive granite steps and pedestals approximately 14ft. high, both in full military and f naval uniform respectively.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16874, 11 February 1929, Page 7
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97IMPOSING STATUES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16874, 11 February 1929, Page 7
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