Heat benefits pool
The hottest summer for| years had turned the Jelliel Park Pool into a money-1 spinner for the Wgtasairii County Council. More than $lO6O was' ’aken in admission fees at the poo! on January 16, the, hottest dav in Christchurch] last month, when tempera-1 ture> - a red to 32.8 deg. The best day’s taking the; previous month was $494 on' December 4. Overall takings were] much higher than in pre-1
ivious years, said the treaI surer of the council (Mr T. iD. Clapp). More family groups are ‘using the pc ,1. Attendants have sold 4345 family tickets so far this year, comspared with 2051 in the same i period last year. | “This may well be a result i of the council’s policy in not (increasing the cost of the] family concession ticket for] the 1977-78 season,” sad Mr' IClapp.
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Press, 16 February 1978, Page 6
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