The Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 6, 1905

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1500, 6 December 1905, Page 2

The Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 6, 1905

Hote ehtl! the Ireu the People's Bight' mamta Unftirod by inftaonoe And unbribfld by gain;. Herep»ttiot Truth he ({lorioiu pMioptidiw Pladrod to Rolftdon Liberty, ind t-»w

So many strange oddities,, from pigs downwards, are palmed olt at bazaars as works of art tb'at it reaDy Beams a wonder that the spirit of Michael Angelo does; not' rise in protest. In a case heard at Napier recently the magistrate :Mr Brabant, was. asked for a definition of what constitutes a work of art within the meaning of the Lotteries Act, Susan Smith being charged with conduct* ■fog,' oil the 19th of October, a scheme by which prizes, not being works of art, were drawn for by a mode of chance. The inspector said the information had been laid as it : appeared-very doubtful whether the j articles—a pair of vases ant\ two silver plaqneß—wero workd of art within the meaning of the Act. The. evidence showed that th'e plaques Woro of work inioxydjeetl

silver j'the vases or ordinary,'pdttery, hawj.pawted. In giving a deferred decision, 1 tho Magistrate said - the quesiioiv to belWidedfwas whether. tho anions under notice were " works or art,; paintings, drawing of sen)ptniv," within the moaning 01. tha Act. He si{w no reason to object to the plnquea beinp fairly placed under the ■ heading of sculpture," but ho regretted to say he was not able to decidein the same way with respect to the vases Although ihey might bo termed works of ait, 11 seemod to him impossible to decide that vases, or any article of pottery* liiiwevcr artistically;: formed, were works of art. of the nature of " paintings, drawings, or sculpture," I Fliv wotild have to decide the flame way in. respect to any article, for instaiicfl ftirnitiiro that bail been paiiileil or decorated by hand, I)s----fenda'it was therefore convicted with respect to the vases,' and was fined £2 10s and costs. :