Storm Damage At Show Grounds
Although, there had been no major damage, ground staff had been kept busy with repairs at the Addington Show Grounds, the secretary-mana-ger of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Mr H. M. Studholme) told the monthly meeting of the association’s committee.
The worst damage had been to part of the roof of the new cabin block. The gale had lifted the roof cladding and smashed some 4in by 21n purlins.
“Probably the most spectacular effect of the storm was the cascades of water blown through gaps in the new grandstand seating and falling on to the dining room floor,” he said. i The drainage system had » coped adequately with nearly i sin of rain in three days and i the care in levelling the oval i last year had been more than justified, for the ground had i been the only football ground :in playing order on Easter i Saturday. Two days later it i was difficult to tell that football had been played there.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31676, 11 May 1968, Page 22
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