NEW BOYS' SCHOOL.
PURCHASE OF PROPERTY.
(From Our- Own Correspondent.) CAMBRIDGE, Monday. Negotiations are at present proceeding by a syndicate financed, it is understood, from England, to acquire "Gwynnelands," a property of 90 acres on the HamiltonCambridge main road, for the purpose of establishing a large boys' school. It is stated that the buildings to be erected on. the property will cost about £40,000, subject to the negotiations being finalised. "Gwynnelands," which is at present owned by Mr. A. M. A. Jennins, is the remaining part of the original "Gwynnelands" estate, which, with the Fencourt, Monavale, and Goston esta-tes, comprised the entire Cambridge district in the days of early settlement, following the Maori wars. The property is ideally situated for the purpose intendc-1 The land is ! flat and is among the best in the Waij Y&°." . A .povtipn of "Gwynnelands" was formerly the site" of 'the" original 'CanV ' .bridge Jockey Club's race meetings, and Jin later years it was a polo venue, until fcfche J&hMGktb ehifted to the racecourse. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 239, 9 October 1934, Page 10
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169NEW BOYS' SCHOOL. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 239, 9 October 1934, Page 10
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