£5100 “Gate” At Athletics
(NZ Press Association) AUCKLAND. Jan. 22. A crowd of nearly 30.000 paid £5lOO in gate money to make the sponsored international athletic meeting at Auckland on Saturday the greatest ever held in New Zealand. • This wes a magnificent piece of teamwork by officials. groundsmen and atbto.es." said the Auckland centre president (Mr Frank Site rp» this morning. “Whatever happens in the five remaining meetings on the New Zealand tour, Saturday ’« terrific crowd ensures the success of the tour,” he said.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29728, 23 January 1962, Page 19
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