SARJEANT ART GALLERY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16045, 9 February 1920, Page 4

SARJEANT ART GALLERY.

Aieeting op citizens iris EVEN ING. In connection with the meeting oi citizens called for ibis evening at 7.10 ait liie Borough Council Chambers, the following letter has keen forwarded by the Mayor lo Mr Kirkwood . - Wanganui. 7th IVbmarv, 1920. S- G. D. Kirkwood, Esq. Dear Sir,- I regret that a previous engagement will prevent my attending the meeting yo.i have called for Monday owning’ to discuss ways and means of "purchasing ‘-The Plight Into Egypt'’ for the Serjeant Galkry. 1 trust that you will have a. good meeting, and that you will carry the matter through, \c a. successful issue, i lake the opportunity to explain the policy of the Gallery Commit tee. 'lho inaugural loan cxhi- ** bition was such a success from every? / ' point of view that we propose to make it an annual fixture. Pictures for the next are under way, and it promises to be the finest display of pictures, yet bold in New Zealand. Contributions are being invited from pra.dically every part.pf the world, aud many favourable replies have already been received. With a view to encouraging artists to exhibit, the policy of Lie committee will be, as far as possible, to coniine its purchases to pictures so exhibited; of course, having regard to the, late Mr Sarjeant’s wish that none'but works of the highest standard should lie- acquired for the Gallery. Under these circumstances. 1 do not think that the Council will no able directly lo assist you, though no doubt other councillors besides myself will be willing lo give a personal contribution. I feel sure that the gift wiJI bo more appreciated if it. i-oines direct from the citizens to the Gallery. One suggestion I should like to make. It is, I believe, settled that the Prinoe is to visit Wanganui. If the matter >s • completed »y the time ho arrives wo should certainly endeavour to arrange that the committee meet the prinoe and ask him to formally hand over the picture to the Gallery. Please allow ma to express my appreciation of your public-spirited action in the matter, which will, I trust, induce other citizens to take the same pride and interest in what promises to he one of the finest heritages of the people of Wanganui.— Yours faithfully, C. E. MACK AY, Mayor.

Temporary trouble with the powerhouse engine was responsible for holdingup the tram service this Imorning for It an hour between 7.4*5 and 8.4-3. . Joseph's School (Alexander House) been successful in, securino- three larships this year. One pupil won mior National, and two the Catho'ederation scholarships. number of exceptionally choice aprifrom Roxburgh, 150 miles from e<im, are reaching the Auckland sets. Considering the long distance have to travel thev arrive in very condition. meeting of onion growers held at >hlands, die chief onion-growing disof Canterbury, complained that ers did not receive the ruling marvalue for their produce. It was re(d to tix the present price of onions ElB a ton, an executive to be apto 'vruXch. the market. ergymen are somewhat rare visitors the Parengarenga region, in the inie north, and native weddings efore have to be fixed for a time a one makes a call. When Dr. on was at Te Hapua recentlv he tided a ceremony at which no fewer i .six Maori couples to£s their mara vows. ispitc the splendid effect of the retains on die parched pastures of r:e s Bay after the drought, there still stretches of oountrv exhibiting of the drought. Tarnia crops have sutrered severely, and there is like--3y to be a shortage of this class of fodcicr in several districts. However, the province has benefitted considerably from the rains. L. l ' a? Magistrate’s Court, before ! "Y vertl Wilson, S.M., to-day, Thos eapoils was charged with making a to the Registrar of Deaths, and Marriages. He pleaded guilty, and was committed to tim Supreme Court for sentence. A Similar charge was preferred against Florence Lilly Suestcr. who also pleaded guilty, and was committed to the iMipremc Court for sentence. The urgent necessity of providing safeguards in respect of level railway crossings was emphasised in a resolution passed by the Invercargill Borough Council, which was submitted for tha support of the Auckland municipality at the last meeting of that body. In addition to passing a similar resolution, the local Council was asked to request the Auckland M.IVs to press it upon xhc attention of the Government. It was decided to act in the manner requested. A valuable farm horse, belonging to 1 ir.dorook sheep station, came to its ,'u a -trange way a few davs ago ; iic Ot.uro Times). One of the • nti it lying dead in a paddock. •*" i i.c ia■ i p;-; : Tr decided to investigate, and ■ <>n oy-.-nu-g the animal found ;> poriinn of tie; -r. math broken and nre it flccavrd. Au entptv .2d ride cartridge r.wi was A. ir.d embedded at the place of d*>oay. and no doubt the coir.se of ii;c ~ ro'ibro. Ti;e animal had either swaS-ioi.-si it wuh chaff or picked it ud on tii.- posture. r ‘r f a acker’s timely, and valuable, in- *■ ■: ■ ■,■ *t■ * r. a- to the making of Lira with ir , h.,s b; ■ pur •■) the test by ;■ -t ■ ■ Ml- 'lc ar, i- r .mv bVMr:; .. -.hi the r day: ‘ "If miu-c--. ;■ ’ai; i.nlv be ;:e. e.-sarv to put in i’utr th-‘- i-ritiiui rv cat:tv of sugar. JMchug- ca .-treys it.; i*.c;l;issic acid in Mic hj ,u. and mat ai id ab.-orbs a tremendous amount of sugar." ! Tho-c !*rys had a very narrow escape Kg:i; i:.;titn-uy ue.itlt at the West Coast ▼‘•each, nvar I>crg::v;ih;_ h.st week. T»mv m’ 1 ’ ‘ ' "C- !J: [.. L. Burton ;:1 -o s y. -i. ... f; ; i.i. dd, ni.uia- ’-' 1 “• -b' N.A. m < Hcrguviil-, Thn boy.- v-r,. burrowing into a .-:ecp s.ec did. and h.d g.g some distance into a tumid win,; d-c sand ' -uo-ioot and buried the three of them, ■k i)oug,as Burton managed to extricate - f M 1 1 - Donald Burton wa.s duo- out inucn harm. ft’hen the L>v Todd was dug out he was unconscious. He jiad rnlion upon his hands, leaving .'oUic air minor him. This kept him a.Me, Artec recovery he ultimately reY ivcd, and is now well again. , !JuJC i fl Wanganui was badly reguja . ■ P‘ J °p!e drove all over the street —tner.t was no regard of the rule of Me road at all.” commented Mr V '/\ C - n k kiln:c ° n : . S -M„ at the Aliitrjsiratc s Court tins morning in by-law cases, wherein two young ft‘ilc>us were fined 11s and costs for "cutting the corner.” His Worship said that half the people did not seem to he aware of the by-laws, and he considered that a summary of the bvhiws should be published. Mr C. E. Mackay. who was in Court, said that the Borough Council proposed to issue a summary. The two lads had pleaded ignorance of the by-laws, but his Worship said that he could not treat ignorance at* a mitigating factor of the ofier.ee. The recent further advance in the ns-; (■; exchange in the United -States has a great effect on the landed cost of goods from that country iu New Zealand. Recent cablegrams from New Abe k gave the exchange rate in the : United -States as three dollars fifty and | ‘bree-quarter cents to the British pound j erLiiig. This works out at as 8d for dollar as compared with 45.2 d, the h-iue of a year ago. The result is that goods ordered six or seven months ago will cost 23 per cent, above the pric« then quoted owing to the rise in the value of the dollar and consequent depreciation in the purchasing power of the sovereign. As there has also been a risb in the cost of manufacture and raw materials in the United States, the actual result is that goods which a j vear ago cost 20s landed in New Zealand from the United -States now have to be I reckoned at 32s 6d.