Tennis.

On Saturday the weather had apparently set fair, and 9.30 found most of us assembled on the Kaituna Courts, where an open-air Civic Reception was in progress. Our tennis prospects were never very bright,—same old complaint, too much Jennings,—but our hopes well high vanished altogether as we watched D. Smith, of Canterbury College, demolishing our own representative, J. B. Parker, to the tune of a love set. In the second set, Parker showed considerable improvement. and fully extended the Canterbury man, who ran out at 6—4. Our second string, Brown, fared little better at the hands of E.Partridge, of Otago, who scored a comfortable win in the third set . In the Doubles, Parker and Cleghorn had things all their own way against Scott and Jacobson, of Auckland.

Meanwhile the women representatives had been settling their disputes on the Otago Courts, where a battle rayol was fought out between Miss Hunt, of Otago, and Miss Tennent. of Victoria College. The former led 8—5, and on at least two occasions was within an ace of game and set. Thereafter Miss Tennent settled down, and with a well-sustained effort captured the next four games.

In the afternoon, the preliminary round of the combined events were played, Miss Gross and Jennings accounting for Miss Cook and Parker with consummate ease. while Miss Tennent and Cleghorn wrecked tem page 24 porary vengeance on Canterbury College by disposing of Miss Jameson and T. D. Smith.