THE DRAUGHTS TOURNAMENT.
(PSEBS ASSOCIATION TKIjEGRAM.)
WANGANOI, April 8. Boreham won the championship and £20 after biiilicinb play throughout. It is admitted by tha representatives present that the contest just concluded is the hardest yet fought in New Zealand for the cause of draughts. The best players here admit that the finest games of draughts yet played in Aus&ralcvdia have been won and lost in Wanganui. A concert to congratulate the champion and celebrate the first draughts championship tournament was held to-night. 'The leading people of Wanganui were preseut, and ib was the most successful ever held here. Henderson will cake second prize, £12; JLogget third, £8; Montgomery or Kay fourth, £5 and £3 10s respectively; and Anderson the sixth prize, £110 a.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9386, 9 April 1896, Page 5
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THE DRAUGHTS TOURNAMENT.
Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9386, 9 April 1896, Page 5
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