TENNIS GEAR STOLEN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19461, 7 November 1928, Page 6

TENNIS GEAR STOLEN.

, ♦- — ENGLISH PLATERS VICTIMISED. [THE PBESB Special Service.] AUCKLAND. November 6. tfridav night and again last night thieves w<« .t «rk 'rt tta A»kUad Lawn Tennis Association's courts in Stanley street. On their first Fisit entrance was gained to the main pavilion and adjacent rooms by breaking the padlock off the door Two of. the visiting British Test players, Messrs H. W. Austin and I. G. Collins, were rnhtod of a considerable quantity of robbed which was left in S'loT b.!'. Tie bag, c»». a m«d sweaters blazers, tennis shirts, and trousers, socks, shoes, etc. Fortunatelv their many racquets were not carried ! y „ these bai. eth«w -e their loss hnve exceeded ablOU. * The thieves evidently spent some time in the pavilion, for they broke open several lockers, including that of the se „,' tn ,„ Mr L W Swan. However, nothing was stolen from these. A bell t°nt which was worth £l2 10s and bdonced to the caretaker, was stolen rm'-i tent was left in the pavilion ready to pitch on Saturday for the use -of th The f theft of blazers from Messrs Collins and Austin means that they will K« seriously inconvenienced throughout S" r "3dor of ttar tour «. tta. cannot obtain them m this part of the wnrld The blazers are those of Universities in Great Britain.