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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 257, 5 September 1867, Page 3

pKAND A R*T- .^. JaßraiP^ Drawing to take place in Melb6un|SJ||rly. , By the authority of the Houoi»bl«Sj R 1 1| , Attorney Geueral^v;-;.;; i||pf!!; ' THE. VICTORIAN SIDE B<3^Kp)|i|j:; Of Allegorical Design, *£L >:/'■'?& ■•&%*. ■:'•■ Designed, Manufactured, and Exhibited^tiy|; : .; Mr Peter M'Lean, ""^^^ At the Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, . 1866 : 7, where it was awarded a JB® First Prize Medal. WiM 1300 Shares .. ... ... £1 per share. |||; In additiou to the Sideboard, which is valued ffiff| at £1500, the following splendid Furniture JW§| will be given in : — mgR Dining Table, £56; Sofa, £36; Suite of |H Eight Blackwood Drawing-room Chairs, £21; ';# -'-.■■■ f^ Blackwood Loo Table, £36 ; Loo Table, £26; „ Jjl Pair of Hall Chairs, £12; do, do, £10 f|f ■■'■'■ •'« Bracket, £7. 'J Committee. .^ Robert L. J. Ellory, Esq., Government Astronomer and President of the Royal «i| Society of Victoria ~A Dr L. J. Martin, Collins street .^ Samuel Lazarus, importer, Collins street east J9 Samuel Ren wick (M 'Ewan aud Co. ) Elizabeth street . • »* E. M. Gibbs (Wisewould and Gibbs), solicitor, |j Collins street i Benjamin Lee, ironmonger, Bourke street | Isaac Lyons, auctioneer, Collins street west f ...... . . . John Hughes (Hughes and Harvey) Lonsdala \ street • • H. F. Phipps, solicitor, Collins street west "E.L. Zoe, importer, Collins street east , -. • - ■-, . '■ . •>. Charles Wilson, Elizabeth street A. Horesburgh, boot, importsr, Swanston street Tbeascreb. E. K. Thomsoh,.Esq. A photograph of the Sideboard can be seen at the Albion Hotel, Greymouth. Tickets can be obtained at the Albion Hotel; and from Mr James Black, Orey River Argut office.' The following is an extract from the " Melbourne Age, 21st November, 1866 : — The Sideboard is nine feet high, of the same width, and about three feet in depth. The carved ornaments with which it is very elaborately surrounded, and which cost -.s..■ £300, serve to illustrate, in a measure, the y past history, rise and progress of the colony. ; The centre doors in front of the sideuoard bear large-sized carved representations of the emu and kangaroo, which stand ou^iiii full relief. The pedestal on the right represents an aboriginal with a dingo at his heels, forming the centre piece of a rustic frame of decayed timber, iv and around which are specimens of the animals, birds and reptiles peculiar to the colony. The left pedestal is similarly carved, but the centre piece is a female aboriginal with a piccaninny at her back and carrying a ring-tailed opossum in her left hand. The pedestals are carried above the sideboard, where the design changes. The centre panel is surmounted by an eagle, and represents "Commerce," and .the smaller and subordinate panels, the pastoral and mining interests of the colony, the former illustrated by the process of sheep shearing and the latter by a battery of stampers and a digger ; the interstices of the panels representing the agricultural interest, in a mon binding a sheaf of corn, a horse, a bullock, and a plough. On the right and left pedestals supporting the centre panel, are figures of the Goddess^* Plenty," with her cornucopeia overflowing' with corn and fruit •- and flowers, whilst the pilasters are intertwined with cliisters of pears, apples, and other fruits, and surmoiinting the whole acockatoo with expanded wings. These are the principal ornaments- of the carved work, but there is much that is subordinate to, while in keeping with the general design, which must be seen to be appreciated. The internal fittings are equally appropriate. On .the lefthahdis a wine case or cellaret drawer ~ which runs upon rollers. It is lined with- . lead, and, fitted with cups to receive the decanters and bottles, and above this drawer are dessert trays. Proper regard has been paid to the ventilation of the cellaret and tha fruit shelves. The left pedestal « contains similar appurtenances, and there are > otha^^_ conveniences . throughout c \JJo* m^^tr~ — ?: which ser to render jteornj^^v 3 v