CHESS MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 185, 7 August 1877, Page 2

CHESS MATCH.

«.-•!? Wa9 P Ia y e<J 0Q Saturday night, at the ßchmond lnstitute, between four members of the Town Club against ah equal number of the Richmond Club. The modus operandi was to change opponents after every game, so that all the players on either side would have to encounter every player on the opposite side in turn. The result is that Ne'scu won by two games. The following list shows the number of games won and lost by every competitor: —

Sir G. Grey has obtained ieave to introduce the following bills:— (1) to provide that every House of Representatives shall, unless the General Assembly shall be sooner dissolved, continue for the period of three years from the day of the return of the writs for choosing such House, and no longer. And (2) to provide that all males of twenty-one years of age and upwards shall be qualified to vote as electors in New Zealand, and to provide that in determining the number of members of the House of Representatives to be elected for each electoral district, regard shall be had to the number of electors within the same, so that the number of members asigued to any one district may bear to the whole number of the members of the House of Representatives, as nearly as may be, the same proportion aa the number of electors within such district shall ber to the whole number of electors in New Zealand. A wager was made by two corn-dealers — one of them a close-set little man, and the other a tall, huge one, a great boaster of his strength— by which the little one undertook to carry two sacks of wheat a considerable distance, both sacks to contain four bushels pounds weight. The little man accordingly procured one sack, and put four bushels of wheat into it, and then, drawing the other sack over it, contended that both sacks contained four bushels, which he carried with ease. The stakeholder decided that both sacks, did contain the quantity agreed ou, and the money wa3 handed over. A rival to General Tom Thumb is now at Calcutta. He is a Hindustani Brahmin from Cuttack, is only three feet in height, and declares himself to be thirty-six years old. The Colonies says.*—" The Madras famine has brought a curious misfortune in its train. There are scarcely any leeches to be had, the tanks from which they are generally obtained having all run dry. Patients cannot be bled, and the despair of their medical attendants may be imagined." There is a little ambiguity about the latter sentence which requires explanation.

Nelson. Games won. Games lost. Levestam ... 4 ... 0 VonTunzleman 2 ... ? Flett ... 2 ... 2 Hounsell ... 1 ". 3 Total 9 ... T [EICHMOND. Games won. Games lost. Sigley ... 3 ... 1 Pepps ... 2 ... 2 Loughlan ... 1 ... 3 Taylor ... 1 ... 3 Total 7 ... 7