A few days ago the Fine Arts Minister visited the Hotel dcs Invalides to arrange as to the execution of certain wall-paint-ings. The old pensioners were drawn up to receive him ; those wanting an eye, an arm, or a leg, were placed in separate classes. This hit at the Minister's plan of "sympathetic groups" for paintings at the forthcoming exhibition amused him much.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 383, 23 March 1880, Page 2
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63Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 383, 23 March 1880, Page 2
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