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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17062, 21 September 1929, Page 4

Very good work has been accomplished at the Wellington Winter Show ground! during recent months (reports tlie Dominion). The hill on the west side has been almost cut away and the spoil used in filling in the unsightly corner at the south-east end of the oval. Tlie ova,l itself is assuming definite shape, and will have a 20ft. track round it. banked to 12ft. high at til© ends and sft. at the side. The length down the centre of tlie ground will be l4&yds., arid a fgll-sized football ground can be marked out within the oval. The present work on tho ground when complete will cost about £2OOO, but to put down the bitumen track, accommodation for sports and athletic bodies, seating for about 16,000 people, and turnstiles, will require another £BOOO. It is Imped to carry out all this work and have the ground revenue-producing wit-hip two years,