OUR LATE QUEEN.
FINE MEMORIAL STATUE, (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April J.O. Ihc statue of Queen Victoria, which has been executed by A. Drury, A.R.A., is on board the Turakina," expected to arrive in Wellington tonight. Dniry's fee for the. work is £2OOO-, find pop hag olroudy Ven sent to him on account''The eommitteo which has hatf charge of the arrangements mot this morning, and decjdpd to ppmit anpthpr £SOO nit once, The total sum raised to dato jis £I9OO 18s Bd, and about £l5O is yet required to complete the cost of the gtatuc and incidental expenses. In a letter to the Mayor, L'rury says he is so pleased with the panpls that ha is sopdjng the oilgiiifll plaster casts to "represent him at Ihls year's RoyaJ Academy. Ho expresses the opinion that the statue will bo the finest repyesenta'tion of our late Queen yet executed in Groat Britain. No date is yet fixed for Ills erection of the statue. I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7795, 11 April 1905, Page 2
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162OUR LATE QUEEN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7795, 11 April 1905, Page 2
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