A traction engine hauls an I old carriage at Ferrymead yesterday, watched by a section of the large crowd which attended the week-end fund-rais-; >ng. The occasion was a marked; success, according to its convener, Mr A. M. Law. About 10,000 people saw thei exhibition, raising a total of $4200 which will! be shared between the) two organising groups—'
the Kaiapoi High School Parent-teacher Association and the Tramway Historical Society. Mr Law said that yesterday afternoon cars had been queuing on Ferry Road to get in to the "extravaganza.” At the display some 15 societies and groups entered exhibits, ran competitions, or were offering free rides on a variety of modern and vintage transport.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33148, 12 February 1973, Page 1
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