NELSON'S BENEFACTOR.
WILL PROVIDE NEW HOSPITAL. By TolcjrnDh—Preas Assoeiaf.ion-CpDyri£ht Nelson, January 14. ■/5 meo ' tic S of tho Nelson, Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to-dav the chairman road the following letter'from tflr. Thomas Cawthron:— "For some time past I have' been of ,thp opinion that a now General Hospital is urgently needed. Towards that end I have learned that any donation that I may make will , hp. entitled to a . Government subsidy of 245. in the £, so I ask your ■board to please have plans prepared for a modern substantial building of tho greatest capacity and with an up-to-date operating theatre, the whole to cost, with any necessary new furniture,' tho sum of £33,000, of which I can find the ba-sic sum of £15,000 early next month to en.iblo yon to claim tho . £13,000 subsidy. The building I should like to sco would, be a twostory building of forro-concr-etc of a-emforced concrete, faced with red bricks, etc., similar to the Nelson Institute, with long frontages toj north and west, with broad balcony and verandah the whole length and width. I should also like tho plans to bo shown to all medical men that would look at them."
Tho board adopted'a resolution expressing their high appreciation of Mr. Cawtlironi's gift, and giving the assurance that his wishes ,wonld : bo complied with in tho erection o£ the new building; Mr. Cawthron's : benefactions to Nelson are many, - and represont a very large sum of money.' Amongst the most notable aro tho' Solar. Physics Observatory, about to bo erected near tho city; Cawthron Park, somo thousands of acres in extent, taking in an area' of most beautiful mountain and woodland scenery within four miles of tho city: and a largo organ at the School of dlusic, and the church, Hill Steps.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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297NELSON'S BENEFACTOR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 6
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