ADDINGTON CAMP

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31320, 16 March 1967, Page 16

ADDINGTON CAMP

Cabins To Be Built A two-storey block of cabins would be built at the Addington Show Grounds motor camp to cope with increased demand for accommodation, the president of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Mr E. G. O. Rutherford) said in his annual report. The new roll-on ferry ser vices and the closing of one of the main motor camps had added to the demand for accommodation. Since the demolition of the old secretary’s stand and the small grandstand, the number of beds available in the camp had decreased and it was important to take advantage of the increased trade to build more cabins. The motor camp was one of the chief sources of revenue for the association and the income was increasing each year, he said. The report also said that the gifts promised to the centennial appeal amounted to £81,062, at the end of last year. At the end of June last year gifts were £48,766 and by the end of the year a further £7722 was received. The flow of money had kept up at a “heartening pace.”

Mr V. W. Thomas has been appointed Comptroller of Customs in succession to Mr J. F. Cummings, who retires in June. Mr Thomas, who has been an assistant comptroller since 1963, had directed the administration of the Customs Department—(P.A.)