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NZ Truth, Issue 1104, 27 January 1927, Page 11

THROUGH THE MAJOR'S EYEGLASS— NO. 4Z ■'The i^ght word^ ."'Dear Sirs'", , dictated Mellins, "'ln reply to your letter of the 23rd y ' ■ '■'■*'. prox.;. ....'" -"Inst.",, suggested Miss Tappit. ~ . ; ; "Uit it is", said Mellins; "Urn— ' ' er^'the suggestion . you make is- — er — urn —now what is their suggestion?" ■ ■-• As a secretary Miss Tappit is worth all her 8 st. 2 J lbs. m gold. .Froni her handbag she produced a packet of "Army Glub." Mellins lit one ecstatiy cally, and immediately found the right ' word. " First-rate !" he exclaimed, and Miss Tappit took ! it: down. After that Mellins kept bh finding one ■» . right word after another as he savoured the fine flavour of^tkegopd "Army Club " tobacco^ rolled in 'water -marked :. paper free from printer's ink, am ever fresh by the famous ZA.rmyClub n '■'**-. method of packing. ; - • j THE THAT SET' A STANDARD ■.■'■■■■' r W 20 for 1/6 ■ ■■■.;■■- - ■:■■•:. ■ • - ; v ; v zzh < ; v-"- ■ ■■■ v v ZjGkojn 50Zand IQO's. New Zealand Distributors: ADMORE & MASON, WELLINGTON. Cavanders Limited (Established 1775.) Pioneers of the Four fold Pack ■ r~ ; ... . ; . „.*-. ■ '-.;- V ;',, . '. V .;; y.9 ~ = '■ ~~" - HUTT VALLEY ; HUTT VALLEY .Z- 46 s MORE BUILDING SITES „ 46 46 IVEORE BUILDINGr SITES ,46 # HUTT VALLEY HUTT VALLEY To be offered for sale by Public Auction m the Conference Hall, Dominion Farmers' Buildings at 7.30 p.m. on . $ TUESDAY, Ist FEBRUARY,* 1927. - „-.'-;-. These, sections are quite as good as, if not better than, any yet offered under the development scheme. >_ The majority are situated m the vicinity of the" well known Penrose Street Subdivision, while a number are situated oh Waterloo Road, near the siteof the new Railway Station. GOVERMENT SECTIONS ON GOVERNMENT TERMS including special,, deferred payments over 34% years. A' DEPOSIT "OF 5 PERCENT. . ,"c '- A .' secures your section and a title free froiry mortgage. "i Full particulars may be obtained at the District Lands Office, State Flre Buildings, Wellington, , or upon the ground, where an officer of th© Department will be 'available every afternoon for the convenience of intending pur- ; chasers. •.- • ' -• • ■ ■■■■■■ ~y A .■■ . H. W. C. MACKINTOSH, < . Commissioner of Crown "Lands, 7 LA\V^^ ~ "'.-'*yy ■'.'"' '■;."■ ~~-' How To Choose And Care For Your Racquet '■"■'■;. "'. : .V ... ■'■•— — ! +..>■■■■■'• - . '< • (By "The Ball Boy.'O ». ■ : ■• ' The number of tennis racquets on the market to-day is legion and a large percentage of them are far from efficient. One is constantly asked to give advice on the choice and selection of a racquet, so for the general guidance of the would-be purchaser the follow- '- ing essential principles, if borne m niind, should prove useful. IN the first instance the frame of the often has a tendency to be slow m hit- ■- v- t . t \. r .-* nn "■arM-nnv" ting and would do far better with a racquet should>not be too whippy 13^ oz . racquet . Quite a good tip Is for it is principally the gut which to play mi n practice with a 14oz. racquet supplies this quality, and the more an d m matches with a 13% or even 13. ■S^kft^M woiklr.^ „Now.for a very import^ point. Avoid a roquet which is heavy in^ the ,s.« v of the handle or "grip.''^the head, for its use will only tend to The prevailing tendency is to have make your strokes labored and slow. .-, .- it too large. It should be of such -, There!?? Players who say they prefer diameter that it fills th? hand but to yhiv6 a ;gpbd weighty head because it' allows the fingers to ; work. gives them so much more power behind If ](. i s too large this is impossible, 'their "drive's.;--- In very few instances is The smaller the handle the quicker is this correct, however. .. • the work of hand and fingers'. . On the j "- : . ':•' . V. '"".-• u wa j ''-* -„ , other hand, there- is the principle that Tennis to-day vis played at an thg handle shou ld.be large enough to ever-increasing speed, and in-tne act ag a strut m the hand, and so keep course of any 9^^^^^ .-. the wrist firm. A .good guide to go few. balls which -perm it a player to ig tQ chOOS6 a handle that permits introduce this "steam-roller wal- h thumb and middle finger %o overlop" which the partisans of the to the extent of about . a ji inch. , heavy-headed racquet dream Racqi 3ts are expensive irt these days about. and cV .isfquently it. will ..re^aj^you to ••; When balanced at the . shoulder the ta^^ o^. m a'S^ii when handle of the racquet should: incline no f^/ s ° e U a^ downwards,- for the power of the stroke, § 0 0 \jJ^,? S d eß^oys the -S^t or W&ps the de r^^HnLTo?thTaftuarwt^ 22^oQ"S&'ttdSi>f*-Vepeatedy-weight and speed of the actual mt / , hnT7 - e . ftq "- 0 f temDerature. ; -' tv . not on a heavy or heavy-headed rac- J.Sw'SS s Jame'tbo tightlyQl &li Z ing that speedis'' t^^true es^ tujht J^^^^^P^ sence of tennis it is of very little use that eac^ he screw^are gv?n S to purchase a heavy racquet. At one even Pressure io me u*i , time a great number of 14%0z. rac- Uneven <■ pressure will also warp^ i : quets were made, but such a weapon the shape' of the; racquet, y yyy is, at any rate, to-day, useless, -even to , ". . ,_'.%«, .. "..' v-^iy^ the strongest man. One might as well The occasional application of a m^m attempt to play with the backdoor. "reviver," .-as. supplied -by- most ; -^«M| In the greatest majority of cases khWn .racquet manufadtUrers will .ijgg 14ozs. is also too heavy. . A strong man] to prolong, the life of the gut. v"-^H| - <|, '. ' 'v^ . -fa v'V^illiil