DEATH AFTER TENNIS GAME
CHRISTCHURCH VETERAN
VICTIM OF (SUDDEN ILLNESS
'rfy Telegraph— Assnu-V' * CHJRISTQHURIOH, May 2. The death occurred this afternoon of Mr P. E. 'Bean following a sudden illness which occurred while he was playing tennis. Mr (Bean was a retired railway servant whose last appointment was that of stationmaster at Lyttelton. He was a very enthusiastic tennis player and his skill and steadiness enabled him to play regularly in company with much younger men. Mr Bean, bore his years very lightly. 'He was. extremely popular in tennis and golf circles, in both of which games he was a regular club player. At every tennis tournament at Christchurch, 'he was a. familiar figure, usually taking charge of umpiring, though he did not often umpire himself. He was the most remarkable of tennis veterans of Christchurch and when ■lie played recently in a veterans’ exhibition match at \Vilding Park with Messrs J. H. Kirk, E. J. Ross and J. H. Kirk he was much the most active member of the party.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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171DEATH AFTER TENNIS GAME Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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