PLAYING FIELDS
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AT HOME. PROVISION OF SPORTING GROUNDS (Fret? Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, April 30. (Received May 1, at 5.5 p.m.) The Duke of York is sponsoring an appeal for a fund of £1,000,000 on behalf of national playing fields. The movement, which is being launched on June 1, is designed to provide a minimum of five acres of public open spaca for every 1000 persona. At present 94 towns with a population of 7,000,000 possess a football ground to every 8000, a cricket pitch to every 11,000, and two lawn tennis courts to every 12,000. —A. and N.Z. Cablo.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20087, 2 May 1927, Page 9
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101PLAYING FIELDS Otago Daily Times, Issue 20087, 2 May 1927, Page 9
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