OVERSEAS SPORT.
FRENCH TENNIS UNDER TAX. EFFECT ON DAVIS CUP CONTEST. Anstrnlian Association —-united Service PARIS, Oct. 21. The French Treasury Departinont lias decided to levy mi enfertainment tax in natiunal and international lawn tennis tournaments. This lias caused consternation in fho ranks of (lie French Lawn 'Tennis Federation, which regards it as a distinct blow to the maintenance of French prestige. As a countcr-movo the federation has prohibited inter-club tournaments and has relinquished its right to hold the Davis Cup finals in Franco. These will probably bo transferred to Brussels.
SPEED AT BROOKLANDS. RIDER'S 200 MILES RECORD. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. LONDON. Oct, 21. 0. E. Nott, riding a.Rudgo machine, covered 200 miles in lb. 59m. 435. at Brooklands. This is a world's record.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20084, 23 October 1928, Page 14
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