LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10902, 5 November 1898, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS.

: Tho new lawns for the W„a'w '$$$ Olub, which will be shortly 1 are now Hearing compl c ti o PeDed % & thoroughly equipped will J, ° n ' *fci • sition to the district, and will s^' I to the enterprising committee few have undertaken for their r1.,1, rle »*k ■ duty. The new site ™f °J 4 ,.* iIC 5 ' palace in St. Mary's Road win. , %i : ; ° m College Hill or Wtreet ■ ! 20 . minutes walk from Queen E tr ! withstanding the lateness of starting of operations, the court? 9 " 1 ; very forward state, which wiITT, 0 1 : much delay in opening, The is laid has proved two terracej mP W is laid off with two terraces 1 will provide an ample amount nf i ! with about Bft of space hZ SS The ground on two sides has v boarded fenco for some 350 ft wi;Ji' «*■ - orected by members of the olnhtv?™ facing New-street and <Z3 A l * ' treated in a like manner u tuloffc' gresses. The new pavilion just erS ? •' an area of 350 square feet ami „ ladies' dressingroom, gents' is,!® shower and plunge baths, and all tlT®™ 11 ' sary storage and other accommodate hit convenience of players. The dub i iT put to considerable expense in havinX l new courts but as in all othei sport ,Sp? eonby residents and friends of thelkf most generously assisted and taken Zr terest in the undertaking. For the S ' months a gang of some 15 workers of S u have been busily engaged night and dank ping down trees, building fences, and *2 '' complete the necessary work for ft, 5 season; to these players great praisei,^ for had not the matter been taken min i? I energetic spirit, no doubt the Wert72 Tennis Club would have been a thins Jf past The formal opening of tCfi will be duly announced. '