In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. It was opened in 1957. In reply to Mr J J Coffey, 5 Ada Street, Palmerston North, suggestion that the Governor General be invited to open the new structure the Council thanked him but said would be a quiet ceremony due to the health of Arthur Hopwood.
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Identification
- Object type
- Correspondence
- Relation
- PNCC 1/5/5. file 31/1
- Date
- February 27, 1957
- Digitisation ID
- 2007Pa_PNCC1/5/5File31/1_CLO_0519
- Held In
- PNCC Archives
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- Palmerston North City Council
- Place
- Palmerston North
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- License
- Some Restrictions May Apply
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