WINDMILL IN HEART OF AUCKLAND
OWNER BEQUEATHS PROPERTY TO CITY. (United Press Association.) Auckland, September 20. Alarmed by the prospect of the taking of his property as a site for the New Central Fire Station, Mr J. Partington, owner of the old windmill in Symonds street, one of Auckland’s best known landmarks, has authorized his solicitor to announce that provision has been made in his will for the bequeathing of the mill and the surrounding properties valued at about £lOO,OOO to the city of Auckland, on the death of their owner. The Partington family has owned the mill since its erection in the early days of the city, and Mr Partington still operates the plant, living in a house adjacent. Mr Partington decided to make public the fact that he was bequeathing the mill to the city only because of recent suggestions that, the site might be taken for a fire-station.
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Southland Times, Issue 23000, 21 September 1936, Page 7
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