SHOP WINDOW BROKEN,
BALLS FROM CRICKET GAMES.
(By Telegraph. —Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Thursday,
Mr Page, S.M., gave judgment for £l6 8s 9d iin favour of Mrs F. L. ; Andrews, shopkeeper, of Tinakori Road, against the City Council, in respect to a plate-glass window that was broken by a cricket ball bit from Anderson Park. The costs against the City ‘Council amount to £7 ss.
Tine wicket 'is ■ 65 yardls from the road, and the road is 30 feet below the the ground.. The wicket has been used for 25 years, and balls are frequently hit into the street. The same shop has frequently been struck and the window has been broken previously. Balls also hit an'd! damaged neighbouring buildings, and passers-by are endangered. It is estimated that about two halls are' sent ever eVery Saturday on an average. All these Ca-cts were commented on by the Magistrate, who said the park was vested! as a reserve in the City Corporation, which prepared the wickets and le't 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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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19456, 21 December 1934, Page 3
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