NEW MENTAL HOSPITAL
(By Telegraph.)
(Special to "The Evening Post.")
AUCKLAND, This Day. An area of 050 acres of land in the Karaka district near Manukau foreshore lias been acquired under the Public Works Act a,s a site for a new mental hospital. The area secured is described as excellent farming land, a poVtion being very rieli swamp which will be suitable for market gardening. A portion of the area has been owned by Natives, and is locally known as Pututahi. It is proposed to erect a large general mental hospital to accommodate about a thousand patients, this extension being necessary to relieve the present congestion at Avon dale.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 8
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