The str, Leonardo da Vinci left hero for London yesterday evening ith a cargo of some 350 pictures and other works of art, worth jons of pounds, for the ex tion to be held in London from January to March next year.
Professor Modigliano, vice-direc-for of the Brora Gallery at Milan, Who never left the precious congiment since it left Milan in a train consisting of 10 trucks, is accompanying the argosy England, together with a police official of high rank.
It was a slow and delicate bu ress loading the ship with its precious freight, on which the insurances amount to between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000. The entire dock was surrounded by Fascist militiamen in steel-helmets when the consignment put aboard—Reater.
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