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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 449 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 587 words
  4. Chess and Draughts

    Secretaries of clubs and others are invited to forward solutions, scores of matches, games, or any Chess or Draughts matter of general interest. Address all communications to "Mercury," ...

    Article : 51 words
  5. DRAUGHTS.

    "To ascertain distinctly consequences in their sauces, to calculate with promptitude the result of intricate variety, to elude by vigilant caution the snares of stratagem, are lessons which the game of ...

    Article : 42 words
  6. MINING ITEMS.

    Mr. Stonier, of New South Wales, has been appointed mioing specialist in India. Admiral Pearson has agreed to try Collie (W.A.) coal for the vessel of the Australian Squadron. ...

    Article : 914 words
  7. PROBLEM No. 160.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  8. CHESS.

    The world's a great chess board of nights and days Where Destiny, with men for pieces, plays; Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, And one by one back in the cupboard lays. ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. NO. 160.—PROBLEM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  10. SOLUTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  11. SOLUTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  12. IN MEMORIAM. THE HERD LADDIE.

    Draughts players a' o er earth's big ba' Will hear wi" hearts o' lead, That Death hath cfd our chief awa'; Our auld James Wyllie's deid. ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. PRACTICAL HINTS.

    A Knight well posted and supported on the enemy's ground, looking towards the King and free from Pawn disturbance is otter a host in itself. The Pawn is the Kuight's worst enemy. ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. HARRY FREEDMAN, THE VERSATILE.

    Harry Freedman, besides being the draughts champion of Scotland, a blindfold expert, a chess player, a card player, and a vocalist, is also an expert pedestrian. The following ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. A NOTABLE DRAW!

    The following paragraph, from a Sydney contemporary of last week, must have caused a smile or two Some times we ought to be thankful for typographical errors:— ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. GUNSBERG ON ADJUDICATION.

    For the guidance of those who have to adjudicate upon unfinished, match games, Mr. Gunsberg has pronounced, and not for the first time, as follows: "A game should never be declared won or lost ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. A GOOD FINISH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  18. A BLINDFOLD MATCH.

    It has been announced in the Chess Players' Chronicle that on Mr. Pillsbury's arrival in London for the Great Tourney, a blindfold match is likely to be arranged between him and Mr. Blackburne. ...

    Article : 171 words
  19. The Perthshire Found.

    The steamer Perthshire, which loft Sydney for the Biuff, New Zealand, fifth-three days ago, returned to Sydney on Monday in tow of the Union Company's steamer Talune. The mammoth liner ...

    Article : 543 words
  20. THE "FIFE" OPENING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  21. CHESS.

    Chess is a game of the calculative faculty in conjunction with the imaginative. It demands a special natural gift. By dint of study a mathematician may certainly become a good player; but ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. International Chess Tournament.

    The first round of the International Chess Tournament now being played in London has been concluded. Lasker, champion of the world, leads with 11 games; Maroczy, the Hungarian master, is ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. GAMES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 335 words
  24. A Traffic Death.

    A tragic death of a mimed woman named Dower was reported to the Orange police on Wednesday. A rent collector named Brennan called at her house in William-street, East Orange, a few ...

    Article : 219 words
  25. Symptoms of Pneumonia.

    Pains in the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneumonia. A piece of flannel damped with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of pain will ...

    Article : 82 words
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