Most Travelled Monarch
London’s statue of James II dressed as a Roman is moving again. It was given to James by Tobias Rustat,who paid Grinling Gibbons £SOO for it, and its first home was in the gardens of the Palace of Whitehall. After James fled to France it was taken away, but it was soon replaced and stood for thr,ee hundred years. In 1898 it was moved to the front garden of Gwydyr House, but in 1902 taken down to make room for Coronation stands. In 1903 it was erected outside the Admiralty, but in 1939 was again removed for safety. It is now announced that it will reappear in front of the National Gallery. Most people agree that it is one of the best of London’s statues, but in its new position it will stand next to one of George Washington. A more incongruous couple could not be imagined.
“The stupidity of some Hollywood producers makes one reel,” declares a critic. Too often it makes one film. XXX . The railway gauge all over Britain and West Europe is-that of the Roman chariot, which became the gauge of a farm wagon.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 99, 24 September 1948, Page 6
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