CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18148, 11 August 1924, Page 11

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE S.S. MAORI. ! T-o' THE EIiWOH. or -"THE . FEiSS- : Sir, —Years ago, "waiting | on the 'Wellington i'or her arrival, I -was watching the Maori: approach neaii the entrance to Lvacs , Suddenly, during a southerly . Sust, she heeled over to such an. ex- , tent , that - some .of the -spectators .c- j ;-ide me called out. "Look at the . Maori, Jook at the Maori." fcrimuitajie- ; oijsly' she* was 'brought'round to cut , the wind- until ihe squall died away and she could proceed on her usual I course.—Yours, etc., i " A.W, : ■ ■ ! SUNDAY TENNIS. "TO ; the'" ECITOE" OF ' "THE TESES Sir, —The • paragraph appearing in 1 your..Saturday's'issue cor.cerning Sun-| day tennis at Cashmere must j be'en [written; under a.' misapprehension j of the -facts, as I am informed by a | member: that' the matter has been j voted'on • twice'-by the shareholders in I the company owning the grounds. As ; a resuit, the courts, which have been, open, to players . all the winter.' arc ; to -bo closed to Sunday tennis after | that such.narrow-minded views, should! prevail, but when one remembers that Cashmere is a Methodist stronghold and votes heavily for .Mr McCombs, M.P., there" is; perhaus, not so much to be surprised at after all. It seems to me; however, that it is time - tennis players generally .as-j sorted themselves on this question. Football excepted, tennis probably- has more votaries than anv other outdoor game. There are hundreds of voung people whose'opportunities of pfavlng during the week are decidedly limited. What possible objection, jin reason, can be urged agginst their playing on Sunday? The. London Countv Council I aome time ago opened its parks and j reserves to Sunday games, with the j result ■ themselves of the opportunity thus i afforded of healthful exercise on' the one day 'in the week they are free to indulge-in it.' ' ' - j Why should not the tennis oourts in Hagky Park be opened to' Sunday, play? With one or two exceptions the members' of' the Domains Board . sre i broadminded. tolerant men, and if they - were asked they would probably raise no objection to Sunday tennis. If the point were conceded it would be a boon to a V very large number of players, who would enjoy a game on Sunday afternoons, ,but .are unable to -afford a private court—Yours, etc.. . BASE LINE.