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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.

Identification

Object type
Correspondence
Relation
PNCC 1/5/5, file 31/1
Date
August 4, 1953
Digitisation ID
2007Pa_PNCC1/5/5File31/1_CLO_0518
Held In
PNCC Archives

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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
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