CALLOUS TENNIS PLAYERS.
The Masterton correspond Ifint oi the Evening Post reports :— On tne an " nouncement of the death of tl Q ueen being received, the Lawn Term. Championship meeting was adiourned ' or *^°
hours. Play was then resumed. ' ,T, T £ c public were soon made aware °* th f fact, and a hostile demonstration to °? place. Mr Hogg, M.H.E., who h ™ addressed the crowd lamenting *f e calamity to the nation, referred to £ c fact that tennis was being played. 1 9P crowd then adjourned to the tent court and demanded that play shoul d cease. This request not being conceded hooting was indulged in, and the players were subject to a lot of banter Eventually the Fire Brigade hose was procured, and the water was about to be turned on to the court when the players dispersed. Several were jostled and one found his way into the creek.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7102, 26 January 1901, Page 2
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148CALLOUS TENNIS PLAYERS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7102, 26 January 1901, Page 2
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