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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16635, 18 January 1922, Page 4

At last niftht’a meeting of the Council of the Canterbury Automobile Association. Mr P. 8. Nicholls, who is about to leave for a twelve months’ health trip to tno South Sea Islands, was granted leave of absence from the council.

An obnoxious habit, which has been noticeable of late on many courts, says a southern exchange, is that of men puffing a pipe or a cigarette during a combined game. If a player wants a smoke let him hare it, but there is a pavilion where he can enjoy it quietly without making himself look ridiculous, which he does when he takes the courts and indulges in hi 3 habit there. To see a player calmly smoking as the games proceeds gives one the impression that his interest in the game is a casual one, and that the company in which he is playing is rather boring. It s offering a veiled insult to ask a girl X) take the courts for a game, and then coolly play through the set with a smoke going. If a player goes on the courts let him play his set and leave his smoke mtil a more suitable