LUNGS OF THE CITIES.
PLAYING FIELDS AT HOME. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 25. The movement started by the National Playing Eields' Association for providing outdoor recreation facilities in thicklypopulated areas lias resulted in voluntary gifts of £330,000 and 400 acres of land, while the Ministry of Health | has sanctioned loans by local authorities I amounting to £300,000 for the acquisiI tion of a further IoDO acres, to be used playing fields.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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LUNGS OF THE CITIES.
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 9
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