MEN'S CATHEDRAL
ROCKEFELLER RESTORATION.
I 'Per Press Association—Copyright.") LONDON, June 10. . The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the Franco-American committee administering the Rockefeller gift has decided to utilise 7,000,000 francs—-one-third of the gifV—immediately. . A million francs will he devoted to repairing the roof and angel tower of Rheims Cathedral and re-establishing the superstructure to its state before bombardment. Reinforced concrete will be used, in order to avoid the danger of fire. Two million francs will be expended at Fontainbleau, and 4,000,000 at Versailles.
The gift at the present exchange rate represents between 19,000,000 and 20,000,000 francs.
[John D. Rockefeller, jim., of the United States, gave 1,000,000 dollars to reconstruct the palaces of Versailles and Fontainbleau and the Cathedral of Rheima.]
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10134, 11 June 1924, Page 5
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