WICKET TOO NEAR ROAD
damages against council [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 20. • Mr Page, S.M., gave judgment for £l6 Ss 9d in favour of Mrs F. L. Andrews, a shopkeeper, of Tinakori road, against the City Council in respect of a = plate glass window broken by a cricket ball hit from Anderson Park The costs against the city amount to £7, ss. The wicket is 65yds from the road, and the road is 30ft below the ground. The wicket has been used for twentyfive years, and balls are frequently hit into the street. The same shop frequently has been struck, and the window broken previously. Balls have also hit and damaged neighbouring buildings and passers-by are endangered It is estimated that about two balls are sent over every Saturday on an average. All these facts were commented on by the magistrate, who said the pank was vested as a reserve in the_ City Corporation, which prepared the wickets and let them out to the Cricket Association. In his view the wicket was too close to the road, and the council was responsible.
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Evening Star, Issue 21908, 20 December 1934, Page 12
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184WICKET TOO NEAR ROAD Evening Star, Issue 21908, 20 December 1934, Page 12
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