A GENEROUS GIFT.
HOUSE AND CROUNDS.
FOR AGRICULTURAL.,. 2TJBPOSEs£
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ADELAIDE,.-. Qbto&n- 15. Mr Petijr Waite, a ."weH-fcaown agriculturist, has presented tlie- University with his house ami 134; acres of land, at Urrbrae, wear the-, oifcy,. valued at' ' d£50,000, for the pu^RSise- of establishing £,n agricultural ..high school. (T&'eeeived Octoberl6,. &4o a.m.)' ADELAIDE,. October 16. rMie only stipulations Mr Waites makes are that half: the- land 6b.aU ha' * utilised' for agrievslt.ur.al and. kindred r-^udies, and tho? baltaoco as a public T^ack, and that aos sue«*ssion duties be-' levied on the property- In mating the goffer ho pointed out tills I tho time was. ('approaching whon Aaafcraliau manufac-. iturers must <.Ig>inoirc to keep pace wigHi .the demand. She- natural outlet for tho rising generation appears to be pna^ . daeing wealth iwm the land, and h&.- N urges, in visw of the keen competition, " the need tpr scientifically equip agriculturists in.cjio b*st possible mannes?,-.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8690, 16 October 1913, Page 5
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