TENNIS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10559, 18 December 1923, Page 1

TENNIS.

I A GRADE. TEMUKA v. GERALDINE. The following are the result,? or the above- match, which was played at Temuka oil Saturday, when some closely eojitoited games were Witnessed (Temuk a players first): Men's Singles. T. G. Pearse v. Paterson 9 3 Lt>e v. Deehau 4 y Brickell v. Thomas . . . . 9 7 Malcolm v. Pish 3 S -'adies' Singles. Miss PearsC v. Miss Temple . 7 i Miss R. Pearse v. Mrs Voss . 7 4 Miss Taylor v. Mrs Brenton 7 4 ! Miss Oldi'ield v. Miss Cowie . 4 "i ! e Men's Doubles. Pearse and Le e v. Paterson and Deehau 3 6 Brickell and Malcolm v. Thomas and Fish 3 9 Ladies' Doubles. Misses Pearse and R. Pearse v. Miss Temple and Mrs Voss 11 3 Misses Taylor and Oldfield v. Airs and Miss Cowie . . 7 6 Combined Doubles. FL-ui'se and Miss Pearse v. Pater.o u and Mrs Voss 6 9 Lee and Miss R. Pearse v. Deehan and Miss Temple 9 4 Brickell and Miss Taylor v. Thomaa and Miss Cowie 9 4 Malcolm and Miss Oldfield v. Fish and Mrs Brenton . 9 3 Temuka 109 games llsets, Ger<ildine SS games 5 sets. B GRADE. TEMUKA V. TIMARU. (Timaru players mentioned first;. Ulrich v. Lyons 8 9 Holdgate v. Smith .. . , 9 G Bridges v. Lee 9 b Steven v. Merriman . . . . 2 9 Ladies' Singles. Miss Winter v. Mrs Guild . . 7 1 Mrs Bridges v. Miss Aspinall 7 G Miss Hind v. Miss Comer • . 3 7 Mis s Lindsay v. Miss Smart . . 7 1 Men's Doubles. Ulrich and Holdgate v. Lyons and Smith 9 7 ! Bridges and Steven v. Lee and Merriman 9 S ' Ladies' Doubles. ! Mi3s' Winter and Mrs Wintei v. Mrs Guild and Miss Aspinall . . . . ..73 Miss Hind and Miss Lindsay v. Miss Come r and M-ss Smart 7 2 ' Combined Doubles. Ulrich and Mrs Bridges, v. Lyons and Mrs Guild . . 9 7 Holdgate and Miss Winter v. Smith and Miss Aspinall 7 9 Bridges and Miss Lindsay v. Lee and Miss Comer . . 4 5 Steven and Miss Hind v. Merriman and Miss Smart . . 9 7 Totals—Timaru 11 sets, 113 gamev Temuka 5 sets, 9 6 games. I NEW SOUTH WALES v. NEW PLYMOUTH. The tennis match between Tarauaki and New* South Wales was played at New Plymouth on Saturday in the presence of a large attendance. At the close of the day honours were even, each side having won live matches, and H sets, the visitors having the advantage of three games, their tally being 109, to Taranaki's 106. President Coolidge has ordered tne release of the remaining im-, prisoned violators of war laws. Thirty will regain their liberty. Three thousand brigands led by the notorious Chen-yen-teh and Wang-han-ying, captured the town of Chano, in Kprian province, China and burned and looted the houses, kidnapping four officials, and ovei one hundred residents, including some women. Tho magistrate was slain after he was taken prisoner.' An earthquake destroyed the towns of Cumbal and Chilo in the Ecuador-Columbia frontier. Many are dead, Eighty-fiv e bodies have «I ready been recovered A message from Chicago state*-, that twelve persons were frozen t death in a snowstorm, wh ch swep. the entire south-west, where the climate is semi-tropical, and snow rare. Hescuo parties have been organised to dig out sevnty-two snowbound motors, containing three hundred passengers, who have been stranded for twelve hours.