Use of archery lawn
Sir, — This afternoon, I, with several parents, enjoyed the performance of 25 junior girl gymnasts on a small portion of the eastern end of the archery lawn in the Botanic Gardens. A park keeper informed the three instructors that they and the children were not allowed there. Presumably their parents are ratepayers of the city, could the director of parks and reserves please advise why these children, who were well-behaved, were not allowed, on a hot afternoon, to enjoy the cool lawns of the park? — Yours, etc., FIONA COX. ; November 28, 1975. I JThe Town Clerk (Mr J. • !H. Gray) replies: “The| Christchurch Botanic Gar-1 dens is an educational institution, and as such should, only be used for passive; purposes while the adjacent; [Hagley Park is available for; physical activities. The by-1 'laws governing the Botanic; Gardens and Hagley Park state: ‘No meetings or assemblages of persons of any kind for picnics, sports, games or public meetings, or any other purpose whatsoever, shall be held within the limits of the park or gardens without permission in writing from the council’.”]
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34031, 20 December 1975, Page 14
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