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111 vg purely Australian it convoys a good i«Va of the suitability of our timbers for f nature j urj-t-n Of cudffi', in furni-luie «xhiliit» to show «.ft' colonial woods Jaa been the aim in all the Australian *« urts, and it is *J»ti*/a«:t«.iy to notice that merchants and others concerned in the timUr trade are beginning to Uku an miens’. in our native woods, anti 1 should 110* b*- aurj n*i it to lind before long if siraze for luroiiur*? made from Aua-t.alian woods seta 111 in England. Thu fcydnsy people, too, show tliat they are not backward in carving, and a billiard* table made from colonial black wood, and exhibited by Mr. Iknjxmui llulbert, of decry*street, and valued at £700, is 'lt;uite a cii*/ dVur**. It ia carved most elaborately, sod aa the carvings .ire illustrative o 1 parttSy Australian scenes and folu^e it post.sat« s double charm. While 1 was travelling tu a tram on the Midland railway a few'lays ago a gentlemanlt;jccupying the same carriage, in discourseof coo v craation, informed me I fiat ho was interested in largo turnery and wood carving work*, and having seen the carvings in colonial wo-xia in tlie Australian courts considered them to be up to such a high standard • I excellence that hi intended bring-ing all hi* carvers to Urn Exhibition, in order that their views might bo exCded. Of course wo cannot compete one moment in this department with India, but then it must be remembered that ws are in our veriest infancy when compared with our great Oriental neighbor. Mr. Theodors V. be van contributes a maffDihccnt oobaction of New Guinea athnokgiflal specimen*, whkh is of a u»u*t
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Adelaide South Australian Advertiser
Adelaide, South Australia, AU
Mon, Jul 19, 1886
Page 6
Full Page
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