HANDSOME GIFTS
WHAT ONE MAN HA.S GIVEN AWAY. Mr Andrew Carnegie is said to be the richest man in any nation, and the American Ambassador has been counting up Mr Carnegie’s gifts to the world. Mr Carnegie, he said, had no chance of a college training himself, but had given to colleges over £4,000,000. He gave £2,000,000 to the universities of Scotland; £500,000 to Dunfermline, where he was born; £2,200,000 to Pittsburg, where he made his wealth. He gave £300,000 as pensions for teachers in America; £BOO,OOO for a Palace of Peace at The Hague; and £10,00,000 for libraries for English-speak-ing people. In all he has given away over £30,000,000.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11934, 28 January 1936, Page 3
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