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THE RHODES STATUE.

—tUjrn;: ir.-vr . On December 4 of last,jpar,;>tliw/i.jrfls < . t un-. veiled at Kimberloy, 1 iSo,iiitli'AfA(yca, the bronze equestrian statue of the late Right Hon. C. J. Rhodes v.'liieK/has/.b'iSiil'leificted .by ( public subscription.as.. J a v meniqrj!)l, ; -,of i -.hiSi eminent services, and in -tpken of tile high estoem -and regard: in uwhich y lipid, not'only by the peoplo..of> KimbeHey, 1 . but. by those in, England, wVth ; - ; whom. associated 1 in connection t wit!i oan undertakings, j Tho formcd. by His feir ( ' Walter F. .Hely-HutchiiKsoiij in tho pre'senco of ono of, .tho. .inpsst" reproseptati.ro gathering,of,".tlio"clSzSffsV.qf Kimberloy and inhabitants pj'" West'generally, that occasion of any public fierenignyvifv?: years past. , , , ici/cqW-c-d iis:;!'" r: ' The statuo has; been ptt'cliilßed'iirc {Inblic? subscription, tho'sum 01h£3.03^ scribed by the . jseoplo*''''ofj : 'Kiinb!>riey;;'aiid : , £2801 12s. Cd. of the lato Mr. 'Alrred itu England. The that wliicli is mo:it suitable-for-a periuanent niemorial of - Mr. • in-;Kinibetjfjr. is tho man hilnself, in Kisj iijftp{e unconventional dress, as lio went 'aTjpuf among the, people evej-y day. • He"' -is*>rini&-thoi astridp a neat pony, and looks just as hn used tp : lopk ; ivJipn ; JiOi.tpflk his morning rides frjmj, a jpf>' j jSiiatpauTj) during,the siege./ 'A.^a^,^a"t^ef'^|f.,f3c6"lj(j 0 is roprpsented in t'no, Jio jyi^ is nicniorablo indaba whicOns in ( Augjist. 1806,, but,the,j.comfojjabl'cjvugpre-j tentious lounge -suit' anjl cro^jalcS:' (iwako hat, -'were : IrpSi;!; Capo Town to tho 3t|u Rhodes was-never-hapffipt about Kimberloy in hisV unloss indeed when- up^ii"|iis^tj.eloy'i(J |J iJCi'tll i > ! and a happier design fuj ; a' KijiiT3|rlei.sp'ituo' than, this homely liguie" of back could.not havo beeiL cpnc^fwla ,< . , j'jK'' Hamo ThornybrPft hasi.ajjii.e 'his", tecii-k .'wolE ! Himself a great 1 although .not wo acquaintanco,' tho artist took the greatest interest in bis ;j done 'hia best not merely to' give a '|'tnking pbrsoiial likeness, but a- " l o?'j''-wio : ,unique personality which ;110 - And so with tho man him'sMf, "Sve !3 - i: )?AT?b "tfiS 1 suggestion of his-great'ji.le'al. Mffi'^ffiodes 1 has tho map of. Africa ojfch iift *his"lvii&3j...lfis... right hand- • 'resting. ;^; tooii -^tj' Rhodesia. • :It as as thptigTi '^'ofliivbrkatroii 1 had been in progrcss''JJgiiT%li J , topic- and tho map for, . the '-purpose of ', iirtfstTatjoni"- 0 is 1 Rhodes the South Africaii,.. [Rlipdes 1

Zen of Kimberley, but '.®s^liKiid^tfi® 4 ®^!■ piro-builder,. whom Por.' oil who may view the statuojn. ®o'years- fir como, it'will not only Yeprwe'nt, nor of man ho was, hiVt"oiib'iftjy''jh his whplo career. A^'arf' ; e'Sfiij)lfe "o'f'-fliir painstaking fidelity to; s '"3etSsr. r Tritlf; wEiSIr thei commission'ha,s been p cxecu¥o!i, -mentioned that even JfchS lifo, having been iprejjifiHT;• a? Caps pony , such as fj nclo|tho property; of- his reminds us that the lifgd* 3ffi with-tho lato; Justice ?*£avrencej;" 'haps, tho two men'-io^ -finoit indebted' in counectioi; u '.With!''th'6 accomplishment: of tho berley public. Thoy : wero in; t'rcquenl'*con- ; sultation on tho .maUer' M 'dunnJ;v tKS' T £HSJ I Judge-President's- list Beit from ' tho . ■ commencements t'ook f'Hihe ; keenest interest in tho w j)fo|ec't.'' r 'Ho2il"'.waiP who purchased tho sitd'on tfhich".'tho''ffiKra6-' rial ■ stands and prose'rft&l '-Jt? r tfi'* tlfyftiftnii": Ho .also, at tho Mr/ ,Watts, and was concei■ricd-m ; 'th'e pfeliffiinhry : steps which led to /' ■ eventually .asked -.to takeltlfo, WutteMfi'h'iftid:'. - m Tho inscription engraved'on-'tho: front panel .affixed- to tho. base, 6'f-'~£li6-nieino'rial .ftfas,! written'by Mr., Justice .L'ajYT&iifie. ?' IpY&ids » as follows:— , '•, -if-sKiMMm ,a «# Chairman of Do Boers, (&uspjidatcc[ Miiics, .Metnber of Legislative' BirHey ~c-hzi'o:i :•;! . ■v! Founder ofVKhoapsia,-.!'-, • Prime Minister - \: Honorary" DIC.I/. .g.LO-wdiiiui' sj Member' of His . '•!'< :.■ Privy. GoMcili^n," ?r ir" r ,r'n, • " r . This statue..-' has'!-been-'v'tSrecteil' by.'jii?!'- • ..' imbliC'subscription'•b : n'i-'Bitofgelected ' j .''i,ir

for thb purpose, presfintefd' Rby>4risw'rv valuta friend j 51r.-'''Alfi¥d "Beit-. - -' mi*ov a token- of,tho ostoiK 'ih . was'hold, and tli , o;sfetion'-f-'in34vhiohi\:. his memory is cherisltedj'by Wo'^eo-'tiJ- 5 .-. -pie among .whom. hoi. :']p -years of his -•><?.!■ h; ti.-u.jw>'> Elieul Quanto rminus . cst. cuiu aliis . versari qiiam '-ttai i»-?,'■•■ This memorial'wa's'.urivbiled'/ :, aHd; ; iodifiatci to tho people, of ; , Dcoumbbr • ; 1907,,' Ilqly-Hutchinson, G.C.'Mifri. Governor ;tof>Cape Colony. / ; Mr.' Justice attaitipft'.*t'6','draft-' : ing th« foregoing subjects which-.occupypfcte'three, re'hialmiig. panels on .the '.-.pedostkll??.. scenes.from. tlio.iifo of iß'ht|c[cs l . ll ' ,l -'.lift' 1 bnp ho] is seen receiving' his Ij .at', 3 'iGfeFbrd' j University.: -ill. aiio'tlier;.^add"f6ssiri Hpuso of. Assembly: aftfl iiiTtlife" tliii'd..taking part in..^the great indhba , 'wit , h' k tli6 , *!ilafa'i» belo chiofs., • : 'if 1 )■". i ' ') Tho statuo is ;of. diriiensioiis-'wlilch" r entitld' it to. 'bo terihed''• iu'"- I ftclinreAl'"-.])ai'l.'i I nce: colossal—that is to, say, iff is' siao. .-'fho' figuro of f'Jio'* scalo of 9ft., tho total ■ liefglit'Pf. Hi'c'-'stlftuo beiug.lSft., tho- kngtli; f l Kl% : '.ind !l, tl!6.Bvjd6li-; oft.. It stands - on, pedestal,, tho general clraractcr. arid 'appear'ai'.ce of 'which ;irp. entirely I '' lit JKeeping; wi.tli r ' tlio design;- thts...'njateri^jOT! , t^ii?'s , |»aifeti'is' : in . prepared blocks '.ready •tflgi'liif.i;, having also been memorial, situated in th'b" liedrt''6?-"flio "{wvir and overlooking ,t-hojijiifiiii'al wmiifijjfeTSl--thoroughfare, a corispiraiius 1 '^eiYturo*'iii i _th0 daily lifo of tho compiunfty', will'not aii . adornment to .niodprii Eiirißerl^Ji-huii ,: a T constant- ,ii' : '.tiiis: .sonso nocdod, —of -KimberlS''s r '^M-te^Vbriiip- i ' factor, tho .man whom 7ifr air;-t:imK;ltfmb'er-ley will delight to honoii$ ,!S ' ; ..... . ' .. TOumf. 3.:«.

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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 9

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THE RHODES STATUE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 9

THE RHODES STATUE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 9

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