FOUR SMALL FIRES YESTERDAY

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25377, 27 December 1947, Page 8

FOUR SMALL FIRES YESTERDAY

0 The Christchurch Fire Brigade was called to four small fires yesterday. At 12.30 p.m., a grass fire in a section at Marriott’s road, New Brighton, was put out. The brigade then received a call about 1.08 p.m. to the Smokeless Fuel and Briquette Company (Canterbury), Ltd., Watts road, Sockburn. A single stortey wooden framed building had been set alight by hot coke coming in.to contact with some sacks. There was slight damage to the building and its contents. The fire was put out without difficulty. Early last evening a fire in a room at 263 Moorhouse avenue was put out. A lighted cigarette had set alight some petrol. A quantity of bedding was damaged. At 8.34 p.m., the brigade answered another call to 186 Stanmore road, where some curtains had caught fire from a lighted cigarette. There was damage to an interior wall and ceiling of the building.

beat C. G. Pierce (sen), 9-6; T. A. F. Withers (owe 15) beat R. S. Maynard (owe 3/6),■ 9-2; M. C. Cartner (owe 15 2/6) beat R. Ogg (scr), 9-8; K. B. Allin (owe 3/6) beat L. Le Comte (rec. 3/6), 9-7; B. J. McCormick (scr) beat E. W. Tippins (owe 30 4/6), 9-8; K. Wright (owe 3/6) beat D. J. Gainsford (rec. 3/6), 9-2; M. McDonald (owe 3/6) beat R H. Mills (owe 15 4/6), 9-6; M. J. Beatty (rec. 3/6) beat H. C. Hill (owe 15 4/6), 9-4; G. Henry (scr) beat E. W. Cairns (owe 4/6), 9-2; A. Leopold (owe 15 1/6) beat G. C. Gordon (scr), 9-6; J. C. Sheppard (owe 30) beat A. R. Batey (owe 3/6), 9-1; R. L. Sowden (owe 15) beat I. S. Mackenzie (owe 15), 9-6; J. L. Hunt (owe 4/6) beat J. Waugh (owe 4/6), 9-7. Second Round.—Mackay beat Hewitt, 9-7; I. Pickering (owe 15 3/6) beat Maybury, 9-2; Withers beat K. Sharland (rec 4/6), 9-3; Wright beat N. A. Freear (owe 3/6), 9-4;’ W. K. Campbell (scr) beat G. H. Ware (owe 15), 9-4; B. R. Crawford (rec. 3/6) beat Sheppard, 9-6; H. Neilson (rec. 4/6) beat Sowden, 9-6; R. H. Henderson (owe 3/6) beat Hunt, 9-1.

Women’s Singles First Round. —Miss M. Walker (owe 15) beat Mrs S. Holt (owe 15 3/6), 9-3; Mrs M. Moore (owe 15) beat Mrs E. Hopkinson (qwe 15), 9-7; Miss J. Sellars (owe 3/6) beat Miss H. Henderson (scr), 9-4. Women’s Doubles First Round.—Misses M. Talbot and J Burt (owe 15 2-6) beat Misses M. McCormick and M. Prendergast (scr), 9-4.

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NORTH ISLAND

(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 26 Surprisingly good tennis was produced in the early rounds of the North Island lawn tennis championships, which opened at Hawera to-day. Rain fell shortly before 5 p.m., and caused the abandonment of play for the day. The match that created most interest was that between Miss B. Potter (Auckland), who is classed among the six or seven best players in New Zealand, with Miss M. Hodges'(Auckland). During the first games, Miss Hodges semed to be outclassed, but she , rallied to win the first set 8-6. However, 1 Miss Potter took the next two sets. Another feature was the closeness of the match between W. T. Pountnev (Auckland) and D Green (Otago). Green took the first set, and in the second set the score was 5-5 when Pountney took the lead and maintained it and won. Some top ranking players are competing. All won the early round matches in which they played. AUSTRALIAN TEAM’S TOUR INVITATION MATCH AT WILDING PARK The secretary of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association (Mr J. M. Hargreaves) has received advice from the New Zealand Association that the dates February 18, 19, 20, and 21 have been approved for the staging of a New Zealand invitation match with the visiting Australian team, at Wilding Park. It is not known who will be in the Australian team, but it is expected that some of Australia’s leading players will be touring, and that the corr.oosition of the team for the Wilding Park match will be four men and four women. The Canterbury Association has issued invitations to leading New Zealand players to participate in the tournament.