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873:"ANOTHER TENNIS STAR COMING: (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) E. D. Andrews has been described as the greatest New Zealand lawn tennis player since the days of Tony Wilding. Having passed Ms final law examination recently"
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