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Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. AN EARL’S ESTATE. LONDON, July 8. Following Ike example ol Novnr Ilmvardowaldon. Miioclouf.li and Viscount Limborne, the Karl of 'foray turn converted the feudal estate into a limited liability coy. with a capita) of til2.s(H). The object of the formation of the coy. i- to split the large into smaller ones with a resulting lower rate of taxation.

AN EARL’S ESTATE. LONDON. July 7. The Lari nl Plymouth left an estate valued at C'tlti.iitni. ihe ileal h duty on which amounted to a quarter of a million. He bequeathed ton thousand to his secretary, Mortimer Marge--on feeling confident he would ulwa;. - help my wife and family !•• the be-! of Inability. STRIKE TROLBI.ES LONDON. July 7. A greater part of the London provincial docks are still idle, but the London men are disheartened at the refusal of the Port of London Authorities employees to join them. Fruit and other produce is scarcer and dearer this week-end. The Manchester dockers passed a resolution asking for an impartial inquiry into the method of compiling the cost of living figures, stating that they were willing to work meantime. FALK OF Pit TURKS. LONDON, Jul.x 8. lit connection with the sale o| .Insoph Robinson's pictures, he had stored I hem in 1912, and did not see them again till they Were ranged on the walls at Christie's for sale. (Ling a wheeled ( hair, he went round the j gallery and was so struck with their Inanity that lie f; It he could net part with them, ami decided to retain the best. Connoisseurs from all parts of Europe and America cron (led the rooms, unaware that many successful bids were from agents acting mi Robinson's behalf. Klioedler, of New York, secured most of the other pictures. All tJio pictures showed big advances on the prices paid by Robinson. A pathetic feature of the sale was the number of members of wellknown aristocratic families attending tiles sales to get a glimpse of pictures once the family possessions. .Some women were overheard saving "we can remember that it was at our house when we were girls." After the sale, Robinson told the "Sunday Express,”

"I have big intentions for the balance of pictures, numbering 17(1. worth several millions. I intend to lease a gallery and let the public see them under legal cntailinent s, long sim e drawn up. They will pa-.- to my hearse. In the mellow light of Cliri-iiis Ibex looked so beautiful. I could not part with them.”

OLYMPIA OPENING. [Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) LONDON. July 9. Competitors and public were pie.-ent at Olympia for the opening cycle rtae. but tiie judges divided the track was not site. It had been constructed in .sections which did not tit. VETERAN ARTIS'! 'Received this day at. 9.0 a.m.) LONDON, July 9. Horace Vmirnith. a veteran artist, died in London, aged 84. alter a brave struggle against failing eyesight and acute poverty. I’ract ieally 10s only income was a Turner annuity of £SO sterling, awarded him a> a distinguished artist. ID- last picture "Nii.ise La veil on the Scrap of Paper" "a.- only completed on Armistice Day. after a tragic race against approaching blindness. LEINSTER’S A PI’KA L. (Received this dav at. 12.45 p.m.) LONDON. July 9. The Criminal Appeal Court refused Leinster’s application for bail, pending an appeal from the decision cabled o' l the .’ltd. INDIAN LOAN. DELHI. July ML \ twenty-four erore- of rupees, live per cent Government local loan opened on the I Ith closed to day. fully subscribed. COURT SENTENCES. LONDON, July 9. Warren (Tabled on May Stii) was sentenced to five years, Evans io three, O'Brien and Connor io two. Dixson and Donaglian six month-. THE DOCKERS’ STRIKE. (Received this day at 1 -2-4. i p.m A LONDON, July 9. Over half the Liverpool dockers have resumed. The Transport Workers’ Conference rejected an amendment asking tor the support of dock strikers, and adopted a motion requesting the strikers to resume work.