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Playground Contracts 2
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Record Identifier35Date RangeMarch 1939-November 1939DescriptionFolder containing correspondence and contracts for various Playland attractions in the Amusement Park of the Centennial Exhibition. In this folder: [16] Scootaboat Pool [Licensee F G Sheed]; [17] Games to be mutually agreed [Licensee Scottish Harriers and AA Club]; [18] Race Game [Licensee W R Woods]; [19] Evans Straightaway Racer [Licensee H A Edmonds]; [20] Coin Operated Automatic Amusement Machines, Merchandising Machines [Licensee P P Wm J Walker Ltd]; [21] Saunders Cup [Licensee A E Blacker]; [22] Roll Down for Prizes [Licensee R Boylen]; [23] Game of Skill Distributing Prizes [Licensee Games Syndicate]; [24] Game of Skill Distributing Prizes [Licensee Games Syndicate]; [25] Straight-away Race Track [Licensee Games Syndicate]; [26] Epsom Racer [Licensee Games Syndicate]; [27] Game of Skill Distributing Prizes [Licensee Games Syndicate]; [28] Ring La [Licensee N L White]; [29] Roll Down for Prizes [Licensee F J Fay]; [30] Roll Downs for Prizes [Licensee W H Fay, M T Fay]; [31] St Moritz Skaters [Licensee Frank de Lyall]; [32] Shark Aquarium [Licensee B A Watt]; [33] Game of Skill to be agreed [Licensee L Smith, Jim Sullivan]; [34] Game of Skill to be agreed [Licensee L Smith, Jim Sullivan]; [35] Game of Skill distributing prizes [Licensee W F Pope, N R Callaghan]; [36] Game to be decided [Licensee B A Watt, B E Burns]; [37] Game to be decided [Licensee B A Watt, B A Carter]; [38] Race Game [Licensee S H Newcombe]; [39] Presentations by "Chandau the Great Miracle Man of Illusions" (Sawing a Woman in Half, Burning a Woman Alive and other illusions) [Licensee J W Smith, A D Gillies]; [40] Race Game [Licensee P H Roussell, E A Roussell, S V Fernadez]; [41] Largest Bullock in the World [Licensee T Coltman]; [42] Wax Works Chamber of Horrors [Licensee Leslie A Bowler, George Harding]; [43] Petrified Man Sideshow [Licensee Leslie A Bowler, George Harding]; [44] Mermaid Illusion [Licensee Leslie A Bowler, George Harding]; [45] Game to be agreed [Licensee W J Whiston, F R Loughram, J A Jamblyn]; [46] Games Distributing Prizes (ie The Laughing Clown) [Licensee H R Brien]; [47] Bagattelle Pool Game [Licensee C Wessman]; [48] Fish Pond Game [Licensee E G Lay]; [49] Roll Down Game with Red and White Balls [Licensee Ellen Gore, Rose Eileen Simpson, Rena Winifred Simpson, Constance Taiaroa Reid, Herman Sonntag Jr, Alister John Reid, Douglas Justus Reid]; [50] Miniature Car Race Game and Game to be decided [Licensee F Deidrich].MediumLoose papers
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Playground Contracts 2. Archives Online, accessed 30/03/2026, https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/885152






