LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 983, 25 November 1910, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS.

AUSTRALIAN TOUKNAMENT,. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. ' Melbourne, November 24. At the Lawn Tennis., tournament, in the second round of the singles- championship of Victoria, AVood (Viotoria) 'disposed of. Quill (New Zealand), 6-71, 6—3, 6-2.

RIFLE SHOOTING. .* TO-MOB-ROW'S MATCHES' AT '' ; . TRENTHAM. r The second series of- teams', matches for | the Garrison Shields will bo fired at. E Trentham to-morrow, the competing | teams being as follows:— ... | Senior.--Highland Rifles, Civil Service | Rifles, City Rifles, Post and Telegraph g Rifles, and Guards (A). Junior—Victoria College 0.T.C., Ilutt y alley Rifles,- Zealandia Rifles, Engineers. Johnsonville '• Rifles, College Rifles,' and. Guards ;(B teams) Third Class.—Dominion Scouts, Heretaunga Mounted Rifles, Victoria College O.T.C. (B), and No. 3 Company G.A. (Electric Light Scction). Major Matheson will have charge of t the trenches, and will be assisted by ! ■Lieuts. Hughes, and Columb; and Sergt.-' Major Rose. The officer in charge, ol the; J range will bo Captain Cowles,-assisted 'by Captain Harcourt Turner; Lieuts. Wilkinson, Koenan, Smith, H.ulbert, and Davis. The targets • allotted are as fol- | lows:— ' I Collins Range, 200, 500, and GOO yardsSenior and junior shield matches, 1-20. Sommerville Range,' 200, 500, and GOO yards—Third-class 'shield matches, 17-27. Seddon Range. 900 rind 1000 yards—Karori Rifle Club, 1-6; lvelburne Rifles, 7-8; Dominion Scouts, 9. 'A DEPARTMENTAL COMPLAINT. . . The following letter has been received . .by"Lieut.,P. W..'Skelly, secretary of the Range Committee, from Mr.. S. F. .Whitcombe,' District Traffic " Manager:—"On September 8 I wrote you stating that this Department specially desired, you to: make it clear to the riflemen and ■ volunteers' that th.ey must travel by trains arranged for them, and not by ordinary- trains. Notwithstanding this, on Saturday last fifty volunteers travelled by the: train leaving Lambton at. 1.10 p.m.,-...0n orders issued by the Defence Department, and returnee! by an earlier. train' than - the special arranged for their conveyance. I have to notify you that in future volunteers and riflemen will not be allowed to travel except by the trains provided for their conveyance, and'shall be glad if you will kindly notify all concerned-ac-cordingly, so that annoyance may not be caused them when they' are refused permission tp travel by the ordinary trams.