LANCASTER PARK DISPUTE

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24904, 18 June 1946, Page 3

LANCASTER PARK DISPUTE

riccarton council DISCUSSION

to A wSrtb° n T> b - y Cr - S - B - Kershaw as Kiccarton Borough Counthe * usn gh /r a ?° Ut tl ? e contr oversy on K „ ? of Lancaster Park for the £i gb En^M?h Ue t match against the tourmg English team prompted a brisk Cr Ch F ng C E e^n een C? - ?- and l£t in tho E Y ns. muc h of which was lots “if I S ghte K, of other councillors. It seems that the Riccartnn Housewives’ Union is the only bodv which has not yet expressed its views “1?: nnt tter ’” s ?. id gr - Kershaw Th.“j h 3* a m atter for this council. The whole argument is purely a m>bhcity stunt,” said Cr. Fraser P b * . s , , a matter of great public interest,” said Cr. EvaSs. P Master.iS 0W ’ J v i? s once on the Masterton Borough Council,” began "Vm'™ ,! h'' hen Cr ' Frase r interjected: ,JL ou ve been everywhere.” Cr Evans nrSch2d tl » nUed that he had-been Im emnlrisj t° su PPort arrangements for fX ?T Ugby Payers, who later played for Manawatu. Yet the Ruebv U Cr n^asei t Wa? a ? ainst U >S r ,? gain interrupted: but Cr Evans held the floor, saying- “It’s all to 7mm&. tor you Rugtt to try ™ other everyone else .... Lanca Park is a public park.” trolled hv t 'hJ a : id Cr ’ Fraser - “It’s con£?atetr b U^” aW6 ’ and “ deVOted t 0 fo?m?'rn S: „^t y ? I ,^i U deflne amateur HkeTo I no l m P iSte £l() tO “ y CaUse you the r annl a s S -oi sport. Cle “ ly detoed in TteiS? v ? ry regrettable that the Rugby Union should be so one-eyed and m? Ot r d refuse visiting Englishmen facilities which should be theirs a s of right, concluded Cr. Evans d , hav ? liked to have seen but T a rtontv ,? 7»u on Lancaster Park, out I doubt if the council’s view will yr° said the Mayor (Mr on to th?? e> / u nd - the council moved chinhiltoLuej-t busmess, with the two councillors still exchanging views on amateur and professional sjort