Veterans' Village
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WELLINGTON, Oct. 12. " The New Zealand Pntfiotie Fund Board todqy gavq the "green light" to the estahlishment of a £250,000 war veterjins' communnl yillage on a . site at Okoroire, near Matamata, Accommodation for aged and semUcon-. valescent veterans of the 1939-45 war will he eventually contained in the settlement which 'the hoard named today as "Okoroire Park." An architectural comuetition among There will be an architectural conn petition among war veteran members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, to select a plan for the village. The board decided to allocate £60,^ * 000 for immediate costs in connection with the starting of the work.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 October 1949, Page 5
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110Veterans' Village Chronicle (Levin), 13 October 1949, Page 5
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