INSURANCE AGAINST RAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 145, 22 June 1931, Page 11

INSURANCE AGAINST RAIN

£ISOO FOR 10 POINTS. BIG BEXI'.ITT TO CHAHITY. [ A football mutch lor charily l he Victorian Football League and the I I Vi< lorian Football Association on the: Vlclbourne cricket ground on June *'] vvas partly spoiled by rain which tell •hi Friday nighl and Saturday morning. Dr.-pile the a<lv« , r>e weather, however.! thera were .1 H.OOO people present, and! the net proceeds were expected to ex-| .-red ! Ml S. W . 11. do. ;, th.- secretary <d ! | 'ln- Rnval \ i.-I<»riaii Institute for the]

Blind, in Older to provide against all contingencies, took out; a rain policy witli an insurance company for £150(1, at a premium of £ll5, which covered the match for that amount, in the event of 10 points of rain falling between II o’clock and 3 o’clock on Saturday. It was a wise precaution, for between the hours named 21 points of rain Ml, and so, to use a sporting expression, Mr Hedger Avon easily. The rainfall records show that up to 9 o'clock on Saturday morning 95 points fell, between 9 o’clock and II o’clock there were four points more, ami the rain seemed to be passing away. However, there was steady rain after mid-day. and the insurance com pany will have to pay £l5OO to the Blind Institute, irresperlive of the gate