Cat Trouble
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Mary Edwards Exhibition
In Suva
rHE Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva, was again the meeting place for all interested in art, when an exhibition )f paintings of Fijian subjects by the Australian artist, Mary Edwards, was ►pened on April 25. The paintings were >n display for one week.
Miss Edwards has been a frequent fisitor to Fiji, and her paintings have iroused considerable interest wherever hey have been exhibited.
Cat Trouble
tyriss EDWARDS’ exhibition apparently ltl was a success, but she had plenty of cat trouble.
When she left Sydney for Fiji on the rambua, she took with her a black kitten.
F’iji health authorities would not permit ;he cat (Sally) to land as it had no health certificates, so Sally stayed on the ship.
When the Tambua reached Sydney again, ;he NSW authorities would not permit Sally to land either —because there were 10 certificates from Fiji.
Miss Edwards sought the help of Gov ernment officials, Federal Minister of Realth, Sir Earl Page, her solicitor and die RSPCA and finally won the day.
Sally went free.
The Master of the Tambua, Capt, L. M.
Dollins, was not available for comment n Sydney.
It’s an ill-wind that blows nowhere, lowever. Miss Edwards has presented the RSPCA with one of her paintings, valued at £5O.