ABERDEEN GENEROSITY
TEACHES WORLD A LESSON So many and varied have been the tales told of the Scot and his “saspence,” that it is hard to believe an Aberdeen journal, when it says that Aberdeen has taught the world a lesson on generosity. But the journal goes on to show that not only has Lord Provost Lewis obtained in the short space of two years the £400,000 he set out to raise for his Joint hospital Fund, but he has exceeded that amount by £7,200. As the Lord Provost puts it, th e greatest Aberdeen story has now been told. It is no wonder that there are rejoicings in Aberdeen. , , The whole North-East of Scotian® is looking back with pride over tnes last two years. Every village aa county has contributed to the funa o.n average of over £4,000 a . we f„ From a penny to £ 30,000 the subscnP* tions came in from all parts of land, and after two years’ hard wot*£407,200 has been collected. For the first three months the • rained in at the rate of several tn sands of pounds a week, and then tied at a steady rate of £I,OOO a with a little more occasionally. In the last week by a great e £20,000 was collected.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 12
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211ABERDEEN GENEROSITY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 12
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