A GREAT FORTUNE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3000, 11 September 1888, Page 2

A GREAT FORTUNE.

By the death of Sir Boberfc Loder one of the largest fortunes made/in the early days, of tmV half century passes from one hand to a large family, The late Mr Giles Loder left his son, sixteen years old the income " of nearly two and a half millions of money, with the power of appointment among his children, and a psrsoual. estate of a very largo soru in addition, This son, the deooased baronet, became a largo landed proprietor both in Northamptonshire and in Sussex, in addition to holding properties in Eussia and Sweden. Of his three estates in Northamptonshire. Whittlebury, the largest and most complete, adjoining .the properties of Grafton and the Duke of Buckingham and purchased from the trustees of the late Lord Southampton at a cost of £885,000, passeswith thebaronetoy, and is entailed on the eldest son, Sir " ( Edmund Giles Loder, high sheriff of :»r.T Northamptonshire,- who, in addition iif to his marriage settlement of £150,000 1 if_ left a legacy of £IOO,OOO tied up^r 1 with the Whittlebury property, the'residue of Giles Loder'a trW. after the powers of appointment are > exhausted. To the second son, Mr Wilfred Loder, the banker, is bequeathed ;. the' estate, of the High Beeohes;and Duucoinbe,in the county of Sussex, and the. sum of £175,000. '

TheOriginpfthe (iahie of Chess. | '■"■'', ByL.p.Lpwis. "" ':,; , Many centuries ago there happened to bea poworful prince whosO'lfjjedom. lay 'along tho Bhores of the 3siges, and; who took., to himself the proud . : ■title'of-King of the Indies. He began ■';'• (o reign while very young, and before! V he had learned that a king should ie'". the father of his people, and- that-ihe"i, most snre and ■ eoltd support ofva <'• throne is the. love and.'loyalty bffiiia;'- '• subjects';';: So.whenthe Brahmins and^■•■ Kajaha (the prints :qnd..noblep) i; j reminded Jim of this, he' not only-' * despised their counsels, but caused' 1 ! some'of tjjem,to l bfl ,pot': 10/drath;fprfj venturing togive himadvice Left to the unsafe' company of hiaflatterers) the -King-fell mtofeyery, \- kind of excess, "until' his ; oppressed' ''. subjects resolved to iree themselves,' Then it was that an' English philoa-j * opher named'Sissa.itha] Sbh'of Diiher'j i undertook to open the eyes 'ef-the ; Prince to the fatal, effeots of his folly. • With this interjtioh v he inverited thf '.'■■ gameof chess; thougli the most important of all the picces,-ig " ; both powerless, to attack his foes and v to.defend himself without the aid of. A hls; : 8uln'eots;;: The. sooiu Mid v / wished: lo;; learn a)ke'il^to:;:;lea^ explaining itbeVsloU^ciE^m^'r'^^dße^theJjJ^i^^ |p|p|h|k|||^g||

; rßtalimrnHftughtyiiitD ;many truths MMoh. ho had : hitherto refused to piston. ■ Endowed with a'sound mind the King took Sissa's, lessons to heart, . changed his way of life, and thus •'ayorted the evils which threatened ; bia kingdom, Tito gome of chess was not long confineil to India. The . Persians looked upon it as a game to be tiled in every country not only to tso but to instruct kings, as tho e they garo it signifios-sclintrack : the game •of tho scbali, or king. The names of many of the pieces have no meaning, except in Eastern languagos. Tho second piece after the king in now called queen, but old French authors used to call it fiercho • and h'ergo (corruption of the Latin fimta, derived from the Persian fei z or finin, signifying ministor or vizier) , From fiergo it hasbeon changed to vierge, virgo, lady, and queen. The resemblance of words made tho change : "easy, and perhaps tho more reasonable because tho qucon is placed new the king, and was at first of smull consequence in the game, But the 'restraint upon the lady of chess was >3£notJpliping to our forefathers, and '.V they extended her stops and scopo until tho Queen became the most powerful of all the pieces. The third piece, which we call the bishop, French, fool, and Spaniards, alfores, or sergeant, always bore in tho East i Jhe figure of an Elephant, and had name. The fourth piece, or knight, has thosamo figure and name in all countries, The fifth piece, ■ which the English call rook, Americans, castle, and French, tour, is in Oriental lands represented in the form of a camel, mounted by a man bearing bow and arrows in his hand and is called rokh, This name, common to Persians and Indians, signifies a species of camel used by the latter for mounting their light cavalry in times of war. The quick movement of this piece agrees very well with tho name, as it was the only one that was perfectly free in its course, but not so well with tho figuro of a tower which is usually given these pieces in Western countries. The sixth and last piece is tho pawn, or common eoldier, which has never changed in kform or in moves. Tho Chinese, who r are lovers of this game, huve made jiiany alterations by introducing new pieces under name of cannons or mortars, and by inventing new moves, the difficulties of a game Already so complicated as to be regarded by many as a sevcro amusement. But these additions have not been approved ol in our country, and we still hold to the old manner of playing, each player having sixteen pieces, upon a board of sixty four squares,

A Desperate Kivaliy. Tho Lyttelton Time 3 is responsible . for the following item from its Greymouth correspondent:—That great jealousy exists between Hokitika and Greymouth is .pretty well known' The success of one place seems to be taken as a reflection on the other; no matter whether in politics, commerce, municipalmanagoment,cricket or football, the Bame feeling is exhibited on every occasion, Some little while ago, Greymouth was fortunate enough to score one of the Aliest floods on record, Immediately 4jwer, not to be outdone, Hokitika ■pust have one on its own account, This, however, was not a success, as ' only the very lowest parts of the town was submerged, and Greymouth .-remained jubilant. Things in Hokittkei began to look pretty blue, when a happy thought penetrated the active brain of the worthy Mayor, On the impulse of the moment, he called a special meeting of the burgesses, and at once suggested that as their last efforts to gain the supremacy of the West Coast had failed, there was only one other thing to do. " Let's have a fire I No paltry store or. shop-let us burn down half the town, and show Greymouth that she cannot have it all her own way I" That the brilliant idea was acted upon, is it not a matter of history ? "Who does not remember Hansen's large building and the whole side of a street being burnt kdown some time last year, to the de-true-heartod Hokitikians jnd the disgust of the Grey-ites ? since Ithen matters have remained in statu quo until within a week or two ago, when we were fortunate enough to Lave a few accidents at our local skating rink. One put her lmee-bone out of joint, while a well-known gentleman, in endeavoring to escape from the eagle-eyo of his mother-in-law, capsized a Bank dnde and caused a serious rupture in his nether garments, This slate of things was not be borne by Hokitika for one single moment, Immediately the acoidents became known arrangements wore made by the management .of this rink to get up a dozen right off, and last week's news consisted mainly of broken legs, sprained arms, and concussions of the brain, Where this is to end no one at present knows, and if steps are not taken to create a better feeling between the two rival towns, the chances are both will be utterly destroyed from sheer cussedness.

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