£80,000 DONATION
REBUILDING OF ST. GEORGE'S
HOSPITAL, LONDON
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received September 24, noon.)
RUGBY, September 23.
A donation of £80,000 has been made towards the rebuilding of St. George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner, London, by Mr. Harry Oakes, president of the Lake Shore gold mine in Ontario, the second richest gold mine ' in the world.
The Marquess of Willingdon, chairman of the rebuilding council of the hospital, has issued a statement announcing that the gift will enable the rebuilding operations to begin next year. The new building will contain 520 beds instead of the present 330, including a block of 50 private beds for persons of limited means.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 74, 24 September 1937, Page 9
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