Thomson Wilson Leys endowed the Leys Institute in Ponsonby, Auckland, to promote learning and self-reliance in the city's youth. In 1906 a gymnasium was added to the other facilities and gymnastic classes for young men and women were offered.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Star Collection (PAColl-3752)
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Photograph by William Henry Thomas Partington
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