DISTRICT NEWS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5063, 10 December 1926, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

hikutaia.

TENNIS. Owing to the unsettled weather rje•cent.ly the > tennis match between Waihi and Hikutaia had to be postponed repeatedly, but last Saturday • conditions were 'favourable, and the -players of both teams were very en--‘.thusiastic. Numer.ous spectators were present to witness the match, whnch was the : first of the season. Following are the scares, the home players being mentioned first :— Ladies’ Singles.—-Miss G. Gibb beat Mrs Redpath, 7—2 ; Miss M. R. Gibb beat Mrs Coutts, 7—4. Men’s Singles;—H. Morrison lost, to G. H. Barry, o—7 ;G. Gibb beat Chappel, 7__4 ; c. Gibb lost to Tetley, o—7; •C. Elliot beat Rowe, 7 —4 ; W.- Paetai beat Keohan, 7—5 ; R. Rare beat Barron, 7 —2. , Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Gibb beat 'Mesda>mes Redpath and Coutts, 7—5 ; Misses Knight and Elliot lost ■to . : Misses Billing and Paterson, 3—7; Misses Meikle and Smith beat Misses. ’Robertson and Lloyd, 7—4. Men’s Doubles.—Morrison and Gibb lost to Barry and Chappel, o—7 ; Gibb ;and Elliot lost to Tetley and Rowe, ’ 7; paetai and Rare beat Keohan '-and Bairron, 7—2. Combined Doubles. —Miss G. Gibb and Morrison lost to Mrs Redpath and ■Barry, 6—7 ; Miss Gibb and Gibb beat Mrs-Coutts and Chappel, 7 —2; Miss Knight and Gibb lost to Miss' Billing a,nd Te.tley, 5—7 ; Mi ss B. Elliot and Elliot lost to Miss Paterson ,and Rowe, 4 —7 ; Miss Meikle and Paetai beat Miss Robinson and Keohan, 7 3; Miss Smith ajid Rare; beat Miss Lloyd and Barron, 7 —l. Totals': Hikutaia, 12 sets,) or 105 games ; Waihi, 8 sets or. 95 games. PATETONGA. "The school concert recently produced by the children of the Kaihere, school was repeated in the Patetohga Hall on Tuesday evening, the proceeds going in aid of the hall. The attendance was large, ®jid tire con- ‘ -cert was much appreciated. <