GENEROUS BENEFACTOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23928, 31 March 1941, Page 8

GENEROUS BENEFACTOR

MR. F. S. POTTER'S DEATH GIFTS OF LAND AND MONEY The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital on Saturday of .Mr. Frederick S. Potter, aged 84, of Panmure, a generous benefactor to the city. One of -Mr. Potter's gifts was an area of land which he presented to the Mount Eden Borough Council 25 years ago and which is named Potter's Park. A further gift of land was made by Mr. Potter three years ago as an addition to the park. He was prompted to make the gift of this land to _ the public by memories of his early life in a crowded part of London. He desired that it should be used for all time as an open space accessible to everyone. Mr. Potter, who was a Freemason, gave in 19:29 a property of nine and a-lialf acres at Papakura to the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand for a boys' home. He also created a trust with'a capital of £50,000 for the maintenance of the institution, which was opened in 19.31. Prior to this Mr. Potter had presented to the Grand Lodge about six acres of land at Panmure, as a site for cottage homes for aged Freemasons and their wives, were to live there rent free. At his own cost he erected two cottages, leaving it to the governing authorities of the craft to provide more. Tn 1929 he presented to the Takapuna Borough Council an acre of land opposite St. George's Presbyterian Church for a public park. Mr. Potter is survived by his wife.