THE GAME OF CHESS.
The game pf chess' is "obtaining a l, big hold in Nefc'- Zealand." It ,is claimed for thi§' grand old game that? it is to the' mind what .athletics* are to the body., As an aid 'to tjie mem- r ory they 'sky, i£ equal, and that, it plays .an ijflapomht -part in the formation of\»character; Germans have long since recognised' this, and for mans years r chess „has Sis : ;;o£=-JGr|r# schools of' New .'Zealand has often been advocated,** without success. Sir Chief Jits'-; tice, who has b'eeh; .president of the; New Zealand r Chless/Association for many years', admits\(:h<r advantage's** ''of chess.playing,; : traduction into' the on - ,the grounds pf its -impracticabiiifcy. And' Mr Justice Deniiiston, whtf-was also,, • pr^idenfr :;V^y : -'it::&^ the schools. Many oliess .players are' of opinion, however, that it/could with advantage, be introduced ' into'' the schools "of tile Dominion."' "'■
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 6 January 1911, Page 4
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145THE GAME OF CHESS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 6 January 1911, Page 4
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