OFFER BY MR. WRAGGE
;'" v TO. THE . NELSON. MtJSEUM. v V.-. \ (By TolcgrsDli.—Preta Association.) :•■ .'• ..■,;•'.-.■ Ndison, SeptemWr.lt:: Mr. Clement• X. Wragge has made,ari- im« por.tant offer to the trustees of the local mu. seuin. . In; a. letter, to'the'.'secretary-,he states that, in the course ofhis travcls.he has made collections' of , specimens/in coachology,: geology, and ethnography,'whioh-are now housed in ditV: ferent partsof the world. Qut, of these he of«' fers to add to , the museum very considerably,' thecoUection to be lent.to the town for' ten / years. At the end of. that time, if, the loan, .7 has been, weir cared, for.and. undertakes to: make a present ■' of • it, on fcondi~. tion thatho be life, trustee ..and.'honorary .curator and. his son after him, he to classify, and arrange the ■ collcotion; '■ y... ' Y. ; - .Mr. Wraggo also states his .intention, .of erecting' an astronomical and , metcoroloKical oiiscrvatory, running an independent '•■ weather service, and establishing a' radium chamber. The ietta'will be referred tp the City Council. ' . :".•■ ; .:.■ '. '.'■■' '-■'■ : .■ : ' ■■• ■" v
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 8
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160OFFER BY MR. WRAGGE Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 8
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