JUBILEE MEMORIALS.
[BY TELEGRAPH — PEESS ASSOCIATION.] Invbkcabqill, Tnis Day. The Southland Hospital Trust having been placed in funds by the public subscriptions of £2030 to date, which with the Government subsidy brings the amount for building the Victoria wing to £-1400, it has been resolved to pull down the present men's ward, as suggested by Dr. MacGregor, luspector-General, and erect an entirely new building ot much larger dimensions in its stead. Auckland, This Day. At a crowded public meeting in the City Hall— the Mayor presiding — a resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority rescinding the previous resolution as to the form of the Record Reign memorial, and asserting that the Jubilee should be celebrated by the erection of a children's hospital (instead of a statue of the Queen), and that the proceeds of the Military Tournament; should be devoted to this purpose.
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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1897, Page 5
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143JUBILEE MEMORIALS. Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1897, Page 5
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