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Cricket; junior cricket facility project, Trentham Memorial Park.
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DescriptionThis picture was printed in colour in the 'Leader' on April 4, 2001.
The indoor training facility would have Astroturf, and nets which could be cleared for other activities.
The project had been approved, and a $100 000 grant had been received four years earlier, and had to be rolled over to 2001.
Upper Hutt United Cricket and Stokes Valley Cricket were hoping to secure funding for a major expansion.
The October 24, 2001 'Leader' pictured Jeff Berkett, Hutt Mana Energy Trust chairman, handing over a $20 000 grant to Junior Cricket's David Service.
(Jeff lost the October election).
The November 14 'Leader' pictured a poplar or cottonwood tree growing on the site, and a group of locals protesting against its removal. It was believed that John Barton had planted it, possibly as early as 1860.
The November 28 'Leader' printed a picture of the tree and reported that a massive branch had fallen onto the golf course, crushing a fence. The issue spread onto the first three pages of that 'Leader'.
One of the protesters, Johanna King, had recommended that arborist Dave Aitchison be asked to give a second opinion; he found the tree a 'significant hazard' with advanced stages of decay in two major cavities. This was reported in the December 5 'Leader' with pictures of the felling, which had started at 6:30 a. m. on November 28. It was mentioned again that the tree had a history of falling branches.
The collection has none of the four pictures associated with the rticles.
Date TakenMarch 2001
The indoor training facility would have Astroturf, and nets which could be cleared for other activities.
The project had been approved, and a $100 000 grant had been received four years earlier, and had to be rolled over to 2001.
Upper Hutt United Cricket and Stokes Valley Cricket were hoping to secure funding for a major expansion.
The October 24, 2001 'Leader' pictured Jeff Berkett, Hutt Mana Energy Trust chairman, handing over a $20 000 grant to Junior Cricket's David Service.
(Jeff lost the October election).
The November 14 'Leader' pictured a poplar or cottonwood tree growing on the site, and a group of locals protesting against its removal. It was believed that John Barton had planted it, possibly as early as 1860.
The November 28 'Leader' printed a picture of the tree and reported that a massive branch had fallen onto the golf course, crushing a fence. The issue spread onto the first three pages of that 'Leader'.
One of the protesters, Johanna King, had recommended that arborist Dave Aitchison be asked to give a second opinion; he found the tree a 'significant hazard' with advanced stages of decay in two major cavities. This was reported in the December 5 'Leader' with pictures of the felling, which had started at 6:30 a. m. on November 28. It was mentioned again that the tree had a history of falling branches.
The collection has none of the four pictures associated with the rticles.
Date TakenMarch 2001Depicts or relates to
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Reference2001 04 04 11FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize111 x 62 mm
FormatScanned from bound newspaperSize111 x 62 mmScanned byDon McLeodDon McLeod
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