THE GREAT PEACE PACT

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1928, Page 1

THE GREAT PEACE PACT

“The fact of outstanding significance is that the Government of Great Britain, after scrupulous inquiry and with a fixed determination to abide by their pledged word, have decided to join—and to appeal to the Governments of tho Empire to join in the enterprise of peace initiated by the United States, and to co-operate warmly in the endeavour to bring it to a successful conclusion. The co-operation of the British Empire and the United States in .siiclf a work as this can hardly be ‘undertaken in vain.”—“The Times’) (London).

400 YEARS OF TENNIS

“The tennis court at Hampton Court Palace is approaching its fourhundredth anniversary, and it is to he hoped that some suitable celebration of the event will be held, for the court is one of tlio most remarkable monuments of early .games in this country. Tennis lias been played there from the time the court was built to the present day, except during the Protectorate,” writes Air E. B. Noel in the “National Review.” “Hampton Court Palace court was built at a time when tennis was widespread in England as well as on the Continent. It reached the summit of its popularity about the end of the fifteenth century both here and in France. Courts were numerous, but most of them, undoubtedly were rough buildings, uncovered, and few of the spacious size and elaborate design of that of Hamilton Court Palace. In addition there was an entirely outdoor form of the game, for which a terrain existed at Hampton Court. Exactly how it was played is difficult to say, but it is unlikely that it bore any resemblance to lawn tennis as that game has existed in the last fifty years.