Games tickets

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 12

Games tickets

i .a Sir. —The organisation of c (the Commonwealth Games, and the coverage by radio and television have been splendid and a great credit to those responsible but was a the whole spectacle planned c for overseas visitors and the F people of Christchurch only? r With seasonal farm work to 1 be completed it was not until ‘ the beginning of last week 1 that we found we would be ‘ able to attend two sessions. * I sent money by registered L post and this was received by i, the office the next day. Two J days later they replied and., four days later I received the( ( .reply that postal were no longer being accep- ( ted and we were advised to < (try to obtain the sessions we(< require at gate sales on thei< (day of the event. If a closing; date for postal bookings was! (set, it should have been advertised. We are not likely to! ( (travel 140 miles just hoping < for a seat.—Yours, etc., < T.V. VIEWER. ; Albury, South Canterbury, < January 29, 1974. i [Mr J. E. Davies, vice- < chairman of the Common-( t wealth Games Organising; Committee (public services)! replies: “The heavy demand;, for across-the-couriter book- , ings made it extremely diffi- , cult to meet requests received J by mail. We sought to meet ( these applications by holding for collection any tickets available at the Games tickets office and notifying applicants’ either by telephone or tele-; gram.”] (j