Chees Tournament.
Durais, January 7. The chesa tournament was continued to-night, Smith'(Ohristnhu'roh) played the Scotch gambit in" a mutch with Siadeherg (Dunedin). The latter had the best of tho pUy after the seveuth move and eventually the Christchurch player reaigned. Dp Stenhouso met Darnesj the latter adopting the French defanoe] The doior got into difficulties, and resigned iiliout the twentyfifth move. Hookham and Siedeberg met the hitteradoptingthe Buy-Lope? gamo, At the fourteenth move the Dunedin played allowed his adversary .by an oversight to take one of his knights, Tho game ended in Hookham's favonr. New Zealand Exhibition.' . Dunedin, January 7. At a meeting of of the Exhibition Commissioners to-day, it was decided to keep the Exhibition open continuously on Wednesdays and Saturdays the men to be paid extra. The Exhibition has now'been opened six weeks, and the paid admissions numbered 126,587, They have then in six weeks, exceeded by 33,000 the paid admissions during tho three months the Wellington 1 'Exhibition was open. --The total receipts on Saturday were £10,1817s Bd.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3404, 8 January 1890, Page 2
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171Chees Tournament. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3404, 8 January 1890, Page 2
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