The forthcoming auction of a collection of old masters, including one catalogued as a Corot and another listed as a Constable, has aroused considerable interest amongst art critics. On the left is the listed Constable, recording the light and shadow of which that artist was so fond. Next to it is the Corot, which strongly resembles the locale of Corot's "Sowenir de Mortefontaine," where, 20 miles to the north-east of Paris, there is a Napoleonic chateau and park in which Corot often lived in harmony With nature while he worked. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 222 wordsMr. R. J. Robinson, officer of the Electoral Branch, Queensland, has been appointed Federal Electoral Registrar for tho Division of Moreton. ...
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Article : 533 wordsLondon newspaper comment on the Australians' big score against Cambridge is:-- "The Times" writer on cricket says "I agree that Australia might have declared earlier. Cricket spectators in this country are not interested ...
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Article : 239 wordsThe Royal Queensland Aero Club set new record figures for aero clubs of Australia with its flying hours in April. The ...
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Article : 263 wordsFurther evidence in the inquest into the deaths of Patrick Donovan, 49, Anne Elizabeth Donovan, 51, and Margaret Ann Donovan, 20, who were the ...
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Article : 185 wordsRev. J. Blake, from Dalby, listening to one of the addresses at the Presbyterian Assembly to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsNominations for the election of officers of the North Brisbane sub branch of the Australian Railway Union, received at the lost meeting, ...
Article : 95 wordsRay Actis, ranked as the fifth contender for the world's light heavyweight championship, was sensationally knocked-out in 55 seconds at the ...
Article : 143 wordsThe question of a railway, from Wandoan to Taroom was revived when a deputation from the Taroom Railway League waited upon the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Melbourne wheat marker was lower by [?]d a bushel and trading was dull Shippers and millers limits were 3912 Williamstown basts, and city parcels were 31134 to 4[?] ...
Article : 36 wordsThe investment market, after a week of growing strength, settled down to a quiet and steady tone on the Sydney stock Exchange to-day. There was a sustained inquiry tor shares in ...
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Advertising : 1 wordsProbate (reseal) was granted at the Supreme Court in the estate of John Kenneth Mackay, grazier of Cangon, near Dungog. New South Wales: realty ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Senior Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice Macrossan) left to-day by train for Roma, where he will preside over the sittings of the Circuit Court next week. ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Fri 13 May 1938, Page 6
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