PUBLIC BEQUESTS.
WANGANUI LADY’S CHARITY. (Fee PiUifis Association.) WANGANUI, Nov. 3. The late Miss Elizabeth Alexander left some handsome bequests to public* institutions in Wanganui, the chief items being £12,000 for a museum and library, £4OOO to the Wanganui Orphanage, £2500 to the Hospital, £2OOO to the Education Board for the purpose of establishing Technical College Scholarships, £ISOO to the Presbyterian Home Mission, and £IOOO for the founding of scholarships for the Girls’ College. Other bequests include £OOO to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, £SOO to the Public Library, £SOO to the Old Men’s Home, and £SOO to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, making a total of £24,900.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1012, 3 November 1917, Page 5
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106PUBLIC BEQUESTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1012, 3 November 1917, Page 5
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