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

Description: 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.

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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