ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE, WELLINGTON
The authorities of St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, have'purchased from Mr. Charles Hawkins 100 acres at Terrace End, Palmerston North, including the fork between the junction of the Main Trunk and Hawke’s Bay railways, for a site for St. Patrick’s College. Thirty acres are within the borough of Palmerston, and seventy just , outside it. .. It is situated on high land, admirably adapted for purposes of large playing grounds and farm. It is understood the institution will include an agricultural, dairying, and fruitgrowing college, and be one of the largest institutions of the Dominion. ' 5 ' '
It is not intended to sell, as stated in a Press Association .message., the present college and site in Wellington. When the institution at Palmerston North is opened the existing institution will be'used as a collegiate high school for day- pupils and also as a hostelry, for any pupils coming from the country who wish to attend lectures at Victoria College.
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New Zealand Tablet, 2 May 1912, Page 27
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158ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE, WELLINGTON New Zealand Tablet, 2 May 1912, Page 27
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