CHRISTCHURCH ARTIST
o MRS. ELIZABETH KELLY a ‘ HONOURED. s Elizabeth Kelly, the Christchurch >- artist, has been advised that the corporation of Lincoln, England, wishes to c hold a “one-man show” of her work ‘r'in the public art gallery, opening on n July 27. The corporation will bear the i- cost of transporting the pictures, which s, are at present in England. They cone sist mainly of portraits, and some of i- them have been hung by the Royal Academy, the Paris Salon, the London k Portrait Society and the Royal (Jame brian Society. e Mrs. Kelly has also been invited to i,’exhibit her painting “Mount Sefton,”
last year, at an exhibition of Empire pictures to be opened at Birmingham Art Gallery this month. Mr. Cecil F. Kelly has been asked to exhibit his paintings. ‘‘Lake XVanaka,” “Governor’s Bay'’ and “Mount Cook from Tasman X’alley.” Mr. Kelly has also had his painting, “'rhe' Bridle .Path,” accepted for exhibition by the Royal Cambrian Academy. Complimentary reference to Mrs. ' Kelly’s work has been made in the 1 French papers “L’lllustration,” “ Le * Temps” and “Le Journal de Beaux * Arts.’’ Her portrait. “Margaret Hath- ' erley,” is among the reproductions in i the catalogue of the Paris Salon. POSSIBLE WORLD'S RECORD ! 1 Twin girls, each weighing lib., have ‘ been born at a Sydney women’s hospital. Matron A. L. Clarke and ■ Sydney medical authorities said that , this was probably a world’s record, states a Sydney exchange. “I have never before heard of twins ; of that weight at birth,” said Alatron Clarke. “It is certainly a record for the hospital. The heaviest single baby < I have known was ,141 b. at birth.” : XVith the twins, there are now seven i girls in the family and no boys. One of the other girls weighed 131 b. at 1 birth; the smallest weighed 11 Jib.
front rank of the scrum when they grow up,” said the father, Mr. John Williams, of Rozelle, as he gazed with pride at. the twins. He accepted tho arrival of two more girls philosophically. “You have to take these things as they come,” he said. Mr. Williams, who is an engine driver, has been out of work for nine months and has had a hard struggle to
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 156, 3 July 1936, Page 3
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