PORTRAITS IN OILS.
HANDED TO GALLERY. PROMINENT NEW ZEALANDERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Portraits in oils of Sir Truby King and the late Sir Francis Bell were handed over by the representatives of the subscribers of the pictures to the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. M. J. Savage, as chairman of the board of trustees, as a representative gathering of the art gallery section of the Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery to-day. Mr Justice Ostler handed over the picture of Sir Francis Bell to Mr Cheviot Bell, who in turn presented it to the gallery. Mr Justice Blair acted on behalf of the Karitane Products Society, in handing over the portrait of Sir Truby King. Mr Savage paid a tribute to the work done in connection with the art gallery by Mr G. A. Troup and those associated with him, and referred the illustrious achievements of the two great men the pictures commomo-
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 4
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155PORTRAITS IN OILS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 4
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