Famous Tennis Champion

At Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, May 13.

THE ex-professional tennis champion of the world, Monsieur Henri Cochet, re cently paid a visit to Tahiti and left again for America by the Manganui on April 23 in continuation of his voyage round the world. M. Cochet, who is now 40 years of age, held the amateur championship til! 1927, then became a professional.

For the last few years he has been some thing of an Ambassador Extraordinary, touring the world with the mission of mak ing propaganda for French sport and teaching the principles of tennis to the peoples of all nations.

Although there are not very many tennis enthusiasts here, Cochet was received in Tahiti with acclamation, and his visit of a month’s duration will undoubtedly result in a renewal of interest in this game which is so eminently suited to a languorous tropical climate. Assisted by his wife, he showed the theory of tennis bj r means of special cinema films, the exhibition of which drew crowded houses. Practical demonstrations were also given and the Governor placed his private courts at the disposition of the public for a special exhibition.

Mrs. A. C. English, of Rigo, Papua, is at present on a visit to Sydney with her daughter Marjorie. Mrs. English has lived in Papua for 30 years, and her husband is one of the oldest residents of the territory.