LONDON SKATING RINK RUSHED BY HUGE CROWD.
By TelegraphPre«* Assn.—Copyright Aus. and X.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON, January 15. Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at the opening of a new ice skating rink at Westminster. There was such a demand for admittance that people literally swept the building. All doors were closed, but hours afterwards cars and taxis unloaded skaters in evening dress until a great crowd had assembled outside. Officials appeared on the balcony ancl apologised. A rush was made for a side door, where hundreds crushed through.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18056, 17 January 1927, Page 13
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