6 MARCH 1926, Page 5

The removal of Bethlem Hospital from Southwark to a better

and healthier site has given Lord Rothermere an opportunity for an act of magnificent generosity. He has bought the fifteen acres and has given them as a park and playground to Southwark in memory of his mother. The district was terribly in need of such an open space. Thus family affection and public spirit have been combined in a singularly happy manner. * *