LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS.

••;The .Karori Lawn : Tennis-'Clnb opened'. its .cqurtsfor;, the. season..on Saturday afternoon. •The weather- was. all: that: could. bo dosired, and. there-was a .large attendance-of,.visitors :'and players.,: Tho president, of,the. club (the .■Kev. •Mγ. A,,,L. ■ in. a. short speech, dcclared.the courts open, and;commenced play by hitting , the.'.fn;st ball over the net. Afternoon,tea was provided by the lady mombers.of the. club, ;■ Several-games wero played during the afternoon, and were watched with: interest. ;''TW.'annual report'■•:of the -Thonidon Laim Tennis-Club, to"- be' presented at the annual meeting this-.evening; states.that heavy expenditurolos boon incurred as compared'with previous years, mainly on aocount.of charges for the recasting and'reprinting of the rules, the registratira ■ of : the club as an incorporated society, .addition's to the pavilion, and interest on mortgage', tho amount paid'-in'interest being ih'excoss.of the rental of -previous years. • Mainly.' through' tho: efforts .of .tlid.*---president (Mr. R.M.,Simpson) tho club Was euablod to purchase the property on which the courts are situated for the sum of • JG1450.' As a proof of tho undoubted ": the wholoof'the purchaeo money was raised on the first mortgape. Tho year opened with a citsdit balance of -£52145. 2d.,'and closed with, a credit balance of £<a 'IDs, Gd., minus £M 17s. ■ 6d.,' nn..unexpended: portion-of-, the loan- account..' : •

Tho ■ Kilbirnio Club's court'was opened on Saturday, afternoon 'bj tlw, prosidoat. y>,