Stadium to Be Constructed at Cost of $500,000: a Drive for Funds Manila, July 22.
A campaign to raise $500,000 (U, Currency) for the construction a stadium in the City of Manila to be known as the "Jose Rizal Memorial Stadium" was given offi sanction to-day when Governor-Ger eral Wood issued a proclamation, setting the period from August 10, September 20 within which a campaign for the raising of the sum of $250,000 needed for the beginning of the projected structure may be conducted.
Tt is planned to complete a protion of the stadium in time for th 1925," The completed structure 1s te be a permanent home for athletic contests. and all other forms of Public outdoor meetings.
The Governor-General urges all the people throughout, the Phill "most worthy The stadium is to be a memorial to Jose Rizal, the national hero, who was executed in 1896 by the Spaniards—Reuter's Pacific Service,
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