TENNIS TITLES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12750, 4 January 1936, Page 7

TENNIS TITLES

MEN’S SINGLES FINALISTS.

ANDREWS AND McGRATH

.MISSES. NICHOLLS; AND BEVERLEY WIN WOMEN’S UUUBLES, (Press Association ) WELLINGTON, Jari. 3. The New Zealand tennis championships were resumed this afternoon in fine weather with a southerly •• breeze. The men’s singles finalists are E. D. Andrews and V. B, McGrath. McGrath had little opposition from Coombe. The Andrews and Moon match was a brilliant exhibition of well placed, hard volleying from the base line to the corners on the part of both. Andrews was aggressive and consistent. I). G. France and N. Stuart beat Aloon and Angas in a brilliant five sets of doubles semi-final. All four drove well and volleyed in great style. France was the outstanding player. Misses D .Nicholls and N. Beverley were much too steady for Misses Foole and Coombe. Miss N. Beverley, after losing the second set and after hairing two match points, ultimately won the third set for the match after again halving several match points. MEN’S SINGLES. -Semi-Finals—- , V. B. McGrath beat D. C, Coombe, 6—2, 6—2, 6—l. E. D. Andrews beat E, F. Aloon, 6—3, 6—2, 0—6,2—6, 6—4.

MEN’S DOUBLES. —Semi-Final.— . D. G. Fiance and N. G. Sturt beat ,E. ,F. Moon and,C. Angas, 4—6, 6—3, I—6, 7—5, 6—3. • WOMEN’S'. DOUBLES. Final.— Misses D. Nicholls and N. Beverley beat Misses I. and T. Poole, 6—4, 6—o. Mixed doubles. ■ —Third, Round.— , D. O. Coombe and MEb N. Beverley beat D, G. France and Mrs. France, 4—6, 7—5, 6—3. —Semi-F'inal.— Coombe and.. Miss Beverley boat E. D. Andrews and Miss T. Poole, 6—4, o—B, 6—4. BOYS’ SINGLES. —.Final.— S. Painter boat B. M. Q’ Connor, 6—o, 6—l. GIRLS’ SINGLES. —Final. .Miss M. Beverley beat Miss ,v P. Cooke, 6—5, 5 —6, 6—2. ' BOYS’ DOUBLES. —Final.— P, Painter and H. D. Gyles bent O’Connor arid Rcriouf, 6—2, 6—3. GIRLS’ DOUBLES. r--Final. Misses Cooke uiid M. Belverley beat Misses Bedford and Eaton, 6 —2, 6—l. JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES. —Final.— Painter and Miss J. Douthett beat Bold and Miss Murray, 6—3, 6—2. NEW ZEALAND PLATE. MEN’S SINGLES. -First Round.— E. A. Rousseli beat J. C. Charters, 3—6, B—o, 6—l. —Second Round.— !,Vy 1 ?•. . • . ■ ' R. McFcrkins beat C. F. renfold, 6—4; 4—6, 6—2. • F. A. Rousseli beat T. H. Wilson, 6—l, 6—o. • . . IV.-. —-Third Round.— Ferkins beat D. Clow, 6—o, 6—o. Rousseli beat E. A. Pearce, 6—3, 6—l. WOMEN’S DOUBLES. —First Round—. Miss I. Poole beat Miss M. Beverley, 4—6, 6—2; 6—2. —Semi-Finals.— Miss I. I;Oole beat Miss E. Rudkin, 6—2, 6—4. Miss D. Miller ..beat Airs. A. D. Latham, 6—l, 6—4). THREE YEARS’ BORSTAL PRISON ESCAPEES SENTENCED

(Press Associa Lon. t : WANGANUI,. Jan. 3. Donald James .. Jones and Leslie Harwood, who escaped from tlie Weraroa training, farm on December 26 and were caught at Ongafue twp days later, appeared ...in. the Wanganui court to-day charged with car conversion, and- the theft of money and clothing. They were sentenced to three years* Borstal detention.

“If a farmer waits until the Labor Department does anything, he will wait until Doomsday,’’ said. Mr. W. Puddle at the meeting of the Hawke's Bay branch of the New Zealand; Farmers’ Union,, when referring to the. question of obtaining labor for farm, purposes. “Their office appears to have no system at all, and as far as I can understand the office is only there to carry out- routine matters. It certainly wants a shaking np. If it were doing its work properly there would be no need for private registry offices. I had to go to one of these offices to get the labor that I wanted,” added Mr. Puddle.