A pleasing function took place at the Ngatea school on Friday afternoon. when Frfiid pudding, on behalf of the pupils of the secondary department, presented Mr W. B. Gillespie, on his departure to take up a position in the Auckland Grammar School, with a pocket wallet and a set of shaving gear. Christchurch is to have the first speedway in New Zealand, at Monica Park. It will be a track constructed of soft woods, built up at the corners to an .angle of between forty and fifty degrees, and capable of carrying motor-cycles and small motor-cars at a speed up to- 75 miles an hour. It will cost about £BOOO, and P is proposed that the work of formation be commenced next winter, the track to be rteady for use the following summer.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5086, 9 February 1927, Page 1
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