Price of admission
Sir,—l think it is disgraceful ■ that children had to" pay the< same price as adults at Lancaster Park on June 6., T was furious when told by the ticket seller that the reason for the price ($l5) was that children; took up the same room as adults, so if children were allowed in at a reduced price the gate takings would be a lot lower. We and another family were going to take-: our five; children? hut, because? of the: lack ofW? child concession,- we just could-'not' afford to go, much to oui‘ children’s disappointment. Surely, as our country’s future . All Blacks, etc., dur children should be encouraged to these matches, not given a lesson that mopey is more important. We watched the game on TV, also the advertisements telling us to “stand by” the ; All Blacks.—Yours, etc,, ... fi? L LOW. June 6, 1987.
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