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I TO TOUR AMERICA j
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i Assistant Curator Will j
j Visit Museums {
j 'J1 HE assistant curator of the
j Queen Victoria Museum at
j Launceston (Mr. E. O. G. Scott) j
j is to spend about six months
! touring museums and art gal-
il leries in Europe and America.
{ The Mayor (Mr. F. Warland
I Browne) stated yesterday that
I A sum of about £500 had
! been made available by the Car
j ncgie Corporation of New York
I to enable the tour to be made.
I The City Council had consid
! ered the matter, and at the open
! meeting of the Council next
j Monday a recommendation that
j the grant be accepted with
1 thanks and Mr. Scott granted
Î six months' leave of absence in
j order to take advantage of it,
j would be dealt with. He ex
i pected that it would be ap
¡ proved. Mr. Scott will probably
i leave Tasmania towards the
! end of February, and expects
I to be absent about six month».
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