NEW GROUND AT BLENHEW
£.4,000 VENTURE OPENED
Press Association . BDEXHEIM, MondayA large crowd assembled in wreather this afternoon for the offic-f; opening of Marlborough’s new ground, Lansdowne Park. The has spent £4,000 in the venture oj** w'as able to open the park with a® of only £1,900, most of this being - mortgage from the New Zealand Lnio_ The land itself cost over £1,400. js well suited for the purpose d Rugby ground. Extensive impro' r ments have been effected, including ■ * concrete grandstand which cost n **._ £ 3 ,700. The name Lansdowne conferred in honour of Mr. G. F. of Lansdowne Station, who is makh 1 * gift of £ 500 to the union.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 953, 22 April 1930, Page 14
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110NEW GROUND AT BLENHEW Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 953, 22 April 1930, Page 14
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