. Sinjce' ' Mr Forster resigned the Chief Secretaryship he has been a different man. During the period of his office he dressed slovenly, looked wretched, and scarcely ever smiled. Now he frequently appears m glossy black, arid positively shining shoes, and stops m the lobby chatting, and joking. At his own special desire the police protection that was so long afforded him has been withdrawn. The" Dutch are excessively . angry because several very fine pictures •havebeen sold out of private collections m. .Holland tq foreign buyers. The'saleof the famous " Meisje " oi Frans'Hals to Baroness Rothschild; Frankfort, has excited the utmost in r dignationiTl^e price was £10,000. [ A E'embr^nj|t' society has now been started at Amsterdam, the pbjecij; of i which. ; is if) obtain particulars of any picturesor. drawings of the old na» tive school which may lie offered for sale, either privately or publicly, and if desirable, to purchase them for the public galleries' of the country.
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1151, 16 January 1884, Page 3
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156Untitled Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1151, 16 January 1884, Page 3
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