£200,000 Gift to Leeds University
CADBURY’S GIVE £20,000 FOR OPEN SPACES. Received Wednesday, 9.0 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. S. Two benefactions are announced from the Midlands. Mr. Prank Parkinson, chairman of Crompton, Parkinson, Limited, has given £200,000 to the Leeds University for new buildings. The gift will be used to build a central block and will provide the main architectural feature of tlic university building scheme. In Birmingham an offer has been received from the firm of Cadbury to provide £20,000 towards the estimated cost of £34,000 for a scheme to provide opeu spaces in that city.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 6
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96£200,000 Gift to Leeds University Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 6
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