CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1972, 7 January 1907, Page 3

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. The New Zealand International Chess Congress was resumed this morning. FOURTEENTH BOUND. Kehing beat Sexton Crackenthorpe beat Edwards Barnes beat Pleasants Stewart beat Parker J. Mason beat Gould Rummer beat B. Mason Viner beat Gifford Davies beat Cummings Forsyth and Sainsbury a draw FIFTEENTH BOUND. Davies beat Edwards B. Mason beat Sainsbury Pleasants beat Stewart Kelling v. Crackenthorpe James v. Gifford J. Mason v. Forsyth Gould v. Rummer Barnes v. Grierson, and Cummings v. Sexton, adjourned. The following are the scores at the end of the fourteenth round :

IFRISCO SERVICE. Press Association. WELLINGTON, Saturday. Speaking with reference to the ’Frisco mail service, the Premier stated : Before the expiry of the contract in November last the steamers were running erratically, and the Government decided that instead of offering a renewal of the contract to impose a penalty of .£3OO under the contract for failure to keep timetable, and further not to give a contract, 1 even for 12 months, until the owners were in a position to carry out the terms , of then - agreement. The three steamers ! owned by the company were undergoing i extensive repairs) and every effort was

in ado to got outside steamers put on during tho time those sto amors wore I undor rop air. Tho Premier referred to tho comparatively small subsidy paid by New Zealand, and said no tlioro company would put on a stcamor to fill tho gap at ’anything like tho amount tho colony was now contributing for a mail sorvico via Amorioa. After referring to unsuccessful efforts niado by tho Govornmont for the "V uncoil ver steamors to call at Now Zealand, tho Premier said up to the present there had been no sorvico, nor is there likely to be ono that would give as fast a mail connection between Auckland and Lon- [ don as that via America, but it must bo put on a basis to till tbo requirements of tho people of this colony. The Government had done everything possible to improvo the sorvico. If the colony was prepared to pay a largely increased subsidy they could get larger and faster boats, but Parliament having fixed the maximum sum at a year for both these services, had done so with full recognition of what it bolieved tbo colony was justified in paying. As soon as it was possible for tho Government to obtain a better service than now, the public may depend it would bo done. He noticed the Premier of Queensland had stated ho -was prepared to forego Brisbane being a port of call for tho Vancouver steamers, providing Queensland was not asked to pay anything for the service. Tho consent of the Federal Government would have to be I obtained to that course, and as the | subsidy for carrying the mails via Vancouver is spread over the Commonwealth, to relieve Queensland of payment would not bo so easy in practice as it would appear on the face of it. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Mr Sproule. New Zealand manager lof the Spreckels Company, says the matter of getting new steamers depends a good deal on the fate of tho proposals now before the Senate for increasing the subsidies to the American mail steamers. If they are carried the Company will seriously entertain the idea of buildiDg or purchasing two larger and faster steamers. At present it is difficult to obtain suitable tonnage either at this or the ’Frisco end to assist in the service. The timetable was well maintained for five years, and it is only nine months since the first l p psc. The company meant to improve j service just as soon as a certain com filiation of circumstances now develop

ing would permit. One of the mosi serious difficulties had been the im

possibility of getting a proper class of liremen. owing to the high labor rates

ruling at ’Frisco.

; CRICKET. I PRESS ASSOCIATION —-‘COPYRIGHT. • J Received Jan. 5, 8.35 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 5. I The New South AVaies lost eight 1 I wickets for 533; Diamond 138, HopI kins IOS, Noble 99, Blaxland to. MATCH AGAINST OTAGO. Press Association. DUNEDIN, yesterday. I The match between the M.C.C. and Otago was resumed yesterday, in tlio presence of about 3000 spectators. The weather was fine, and tho wicket in splendid order. Otago continued their first innings, and carried the total to 176 before the last man was disposed of. The M.C.C., who had a lead of 48 runs on the first innings, were at the wickets most of the afternoon, treating spectators to a good exhibition of batting. The first three wickets fell with the total at 28, but the visitors then made a good recovery and took the score to 117 before the fourth wicket fell. The fifth wicket fell, however, with the score unaltered, and the sixth was accounted for at 122. The remaining batsmen made a good stand, however, the seventh wicket falling at 149, the eighth at 181, the ninth at 198, and the tenth at 278. The Otago started the second innings at 5.5, _b‘ut gave one of the poorest exhibitions ever seen in first-class cricket. The first two wickets went down with the score at 9, the third at 14, and the fourth anti fifth at 22, three of the best batsmen being disposed of. Ackroyd and AVilson managed to play out time without meeting with disaster, and when play ceased Otago had made 47 for 5 wickets. The following are the scores:—

M.C.C.—First Innings 224 M.C.C. —Second Innings. Johnson, p and b Downes 11 Harrison, e Wilson, b Downes ... 11 Burns, c Ackroyd, b Fisher ... 47 Page ,st Williams, b Downes ... Simpson Hayward, b Fisher 41 Chi riven, c Eekhofi, b Fisher 4 Brariston, c and 1) Eekhoff ... 21 Detrafford, b Downes 25 May, c Austin, b Downes 27 Tuifnell, run out 36 Fox, not out 44 Extras ... . 11 Total 27S Bowling analysis: Downes, 162 balls, 7 maidens, 75 runs, 5 wickets; Fisher, 150 balls, 4 maidens, 107 runs, 3 wickets; Eekhoff, 24 balls, 13 runs, 1 wicket;' Drahajn, I§ balls, 20 runs; Austin, 66 balls, 8 maidens, 34 runs; Biedeberg, 28 balls, 2 maidens, 8 runs; Fisher bowled one no ball.

OTAGO, —First Innings, Austin, b May 0 Ackroyd, b Burns 0 Ilowdon, b May ... 45 Siedeberg, c Tuifnell, b May ... 27 Baker, c Johnson, b Branston ... 14 Wilson, l.b.w. b Simpson Hayward 49 Graham, c and b Simpson Hayward 10 Fisher, not out ... 7 Downes, c May, b Simpson Hayward 0 Williams, b May ... 0 Eckhoff, b May 6 Extras 18 Total ... ... ... ~. 176 Bowling analysis: May, 113 balls, 4 maidens, 53 runs, 5 wickets; Simpsoii Hayward, 108 balls, 4 maidens, 51 runs, § wickets; Burns, 18 balls, 1 maiden, 8 runs, 1 picket; Branston, 60 balls, 4 maidens, 26 runs, 1 wicket J Carmon, 42 balls, 3 maidens; 20 runs. OTAGO. —Second Innings. Graham, b May ... ... m | Baker, c Fox, b May ... P Howden. c Fox, b May ... 0 Siedeberg, c Simpson Hayward, b Branston , A? Ackroyd, not out ... ... ... ••• 1" Austin, b May ... ... 0 Wilson, not'out 14 Extras 9 Total for 5 wickets 47

The club competitions were re- j, sumed op Saturday last. United and Wanderers-met at the Victoria Domain, and completed their first innings. United made 138, batting * nine men. Robinson (49), Hallamore , (26), and W. Gibson (20) were the , chief contributors. Wanderers got one over the century. O’Hara (36) { and H. H. Sharp (15) hated nictely. f Cato secured five wickets for nine , runs. Scores: — , United. W. Gibson, runt out 20 1 Gardiner, b O’Hara 4 Cato, b Sharp ••••• 5 ; Hallamore, b Adamson 26 Robinson, c Adamson, b McColl 49 Whyte, b O’Hallorau 3 Sheridan, c and b Torkington... 9 Ferris, not out 0 Ogiivley, b Torkington 0 Extras 22 Total ..., 128 Bowling.—McColl, one for 9; Torkington, two for 28; O’Hara, one for 29; Sharp, one for 8; McConnell, nil for 30; Ilbert, nil for 6;' Adamson, one for 10; O’Halloran, one for 10. Wanderers. Torkington, e Ferris, b Gardiner 8 Ilbert, h Robinson (3 5 McConnell, b Gardiner 4 3 O’Hara, c and b Robinson 36 f Sharp, b Cato 15 - McColl, b Cato 7 t O’Halloran, b Cato 0 . Adamson, lbw, Robinson 8 r Maude, c Sheridan, b Cato ... 4 Macdonald, b Cato 2 t" Barry, not out 0 ’ Extras H •a 13 Total 101 ■s Bowling.—Robinson, three for bU; g Gardiner, two for 21; Cato, five for W

t THE EXPLOSION IN ST. PETER’S. D 3 A BUNGLING ANARCHIST. r : f Tho bomb explosion in St. Rotor’s, [. at Rome, was, it is generally supf posed, designed to kill Cardinal Rnmpollu, who has lately received 1 several lottois threatening him with assassination (writes tho London eor- ! respondent of the Melbourne Ago). The cardinal, as arch-priest of tho basilica, was celebrant at High Mass in the choir chapel. Tho service was carried out with unusual ceremony, tho occasion being the anniversary of tho dedication of St. Rotor’s. Tliero was an exposure of holy relics, and the building was splendidly decorated with festival draperies of crimson and gold. Many English and American visitors woro present, in addition to I a large congregation of Italians, con- I sisting mainly of women and chil- I drum High Mass had just concluded, and a canon was turning to bless an assemblage of communicants, when I the bomb exploded with a tremendous crash, filling the building with dense smoko and tho smell of powder. There was a great rush of the people for tho exits; and, thinking that many of them might be killed, the canon shouted, “Have no fear; it is nothing. It is merely the noonday gun.” Several women fainted, hut, 1 fortunately, nobody was seriously ( hurt in the outward rush. '■

Nor did the bomb itself do any damage. To tbo surprise of everyone, it had proved as harmless as a Chinese cracker. It had been lodged near the Navicolla altar, which rests against one of the great piers supporting the dome of the basilica. Some ‘ restorations were' in progress there, and the scaffolding in use had afforded a means of concealing the bomb. The scaffolding was a considerable distance from the altar' where the Vatican dignitaries took I part in the celebration of High Mass. Apparently the Anarchist saw no | chance of lodging his bomb there, and contented himself with a notion that the explosion would bring down the roof. It did not even injure the nearest statues. Yet the bomb resembled closely in construction that which caused so much damage at the Cafe d’Aragno, in Home, a few months ago. The contents had consisted of about 21b of gunpowder and a quantity of heavy nails. The Pope had been present at the High Mass, but had retired to his private chapel before the explosion took place, ne heard the noise, and was asking what had caused it, when his . secretary rushed into the chapel, saying, “Tranquiliso yourself, holy father. A bomb has been exploded in the basilica, but no damage has been done/’ “Thank God for that,” the Popo replied. “These unfortunate men aro a danger to society. I am glad that my beloved basilica has escaped.” Later on, returning to his own apartments, he remarked, “Wo aro going through sad times. May God enlighten the misguided creatures.” No anarchist outrage had ever previously been committed in or near the basilica

Won Lost W. S. Viner, Perth, W.A. 14 0 S. Crackenthorpe, N.S.W, 11 3 R. J. Barnes, Wellington 9 4 Flake Mason, Lower Hutt 74 44 John Mason, Wellington 7 5 A. W- Davies, Wellington 74 44 J. C. Grierson, Auckland 74 54 F. Iiummer, Masterton 74 44 M S- Stewart, Canterbury .. 64 64 D. Forsyth, Otago 54 54 E L. Cummings, Canterbury.. 54 74 A. Gifford, Westport 54 64 J. Edwards, Otago 5 i Ren Parker, Wellington . 5 8 F. K. IvelliDg, Wellington . 5 8 rC. R. Sainsbury, Argentine . . 5 8 O C, Pleasants, Rangitikei . . 4 8 T. Sexton, Waiouru . 34 8? H. L. James, Wellington . 24 91 j Gould, Onmaru ... 4 ! ' ; One unfinished game each, 114