SCULPTORS AT VARIANCE.
OVER MILLIONAIRE'S G'IFT. By OaMe—Press Association—Copyright Received 2, 12.20 a.m. London, February 28. The proposal of Mr. Thomas Welsh, a millionaire coal-owner, to provide the Cardiff City Hall with statues of ten historic Welshmen, led to a squabble with the Society of Sculptors, eluminating in the resignation of Mr. Frampton, the president, and the Council, including Mr. MacKennal. A meeting of the Society condemned the Council's abandonment of the suggestion to make the work competitive, I and resented the selection of Mr. Havard Thomas, a member of the Council, to advise the donor with regard to the placing of the commission. Stormy scenes ensued, and the Council walked out.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 207, 2 March 1914, Page 5
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112SCULPTORS AT VARIANCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 207, 2 March 1914, Page 5
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