TENNIS.
THE DAVIS CUP CONTEST. EXTENSIVE AR RANGEAIENTS BEING AIADE. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 10. Preparations for the Davis Cup contest are in good condition. The Davis Cup sub-comittee of the, Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia liave . instructed the architects engaged by it to call for tenders immediately for the ex-ection of stands to accommodate 5000 persons round the courts on Lancastei Park. „ ’ - , The Davis Cup is being forwarded to Christchurch by the Lawn Tenuis Association of Australasia, and on its arrival it will bo on exhibition. In antieipaton of large numbers from Australia, and from parts of New Zealand outside Canterbury who will he present to witness the contest, the Tourist Department is at present arranging for the issue of tickets at excursion rates. Tlie New Zealand Lawn Tennis championship is to be decided, at Lancaster Park just prior to the Davis Cup oentest, and courts are being laid down to the westward of the Davis Cup court.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3345, 11 October 1911, Page 6
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160TENNIS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3345, 11 October 1911, Page 6
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