He pārongo atu anōLetter from Arthur Hopwood regarding his offer to the PNCC of a Clock Tower in the Square

Description: In 1953 Arthur Hopwood, of Arthur Hopwood Hardware, gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square, to hold the clock and chimes formerly in the Post Office. He wrote and thanked the Palmerston North City Council for accepting his offer. The Clock Tower was completed in 1957.

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi: Correspondence
Pākanga: PNCC 1/5/5, file 31/1
Date: August 4, 1953
Tautuhi matihiko: 2007Pa_PNCC1/5/5File31/1_CLO_0518
E puritia ana ki: PNCC Archives

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Memo from PNCC Works Directorate regarding repairs and maintenance of Palmerston North Clock Tower

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Letter from A Cranson to Palmerston North City Council regarding charges for maintenance of the Clock Tower

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Newspaper cartoon regarding new designs for the Clock Tower

Newspaper article regarding a 'new look' for the Clock Tower

Pūnaha whakarōpū

Ngā tūtohu: clock tower,; clocktower,; correspondence,; thematic collections,

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Ngā rauemi e whai pānga ana

Letter from Commercial Hotel regarding when to silence the Palmerston North Clock Tower chimes

Letter from the Palmerston North RSA, regarding concerns over the siting the Clock Tower in The Square

Reserves Committee recommendation that PNCC approve the Lions Club Christmas project to decorate the Palmerston North Clock Tower

Letter from Town Clerk, PNCC, regarding increasing payments for Clock Tower maintenance

Memo from PNCC Works Directorate regarding repairs and maintenance of Palmerston North Clock Tower

Letter from the Town Clerk, PNCC, regarding the opening of the new Clock Tower in The Square

Letter from the Lions Club of Manawatu regarding a Christmas project to decorate Clock Tower

Letter from General Post Office, Wellington, to the Palmerston North City Council regarding maintenance of Post Office clock

Letter from A Cranson to Palmerston North City Council regarding charges for maintenance of the Clock Tower

Aerial view of central Palmerston North and beyond

Newspaper cartoon regarding new designs for the Clock Tower

Newspaper article regarding a 'new look' for the Clock Tower