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e OTA GO DEFEATS CANTERBURY. The decision of the adjudicators (Messrs R. J. Barnes and V. r . 10. Mason, Welling- : ton) on the unfinished gamea of the recent chess match 'by telegraph between the repr<*©ontative teams of the Ota-go" and Canterbury Cii«w Clubo results in tho aout-hern club winning the match by eight wins to six. Si: poßitio:i3 wera reicned to the adjudicators, and tho award is as follows: — [ Hcv. N. Friberg (Ota go) v. H. Kennedy, a win for Otago. T. 'Woodford. (Canterbury) ' v. L. D. 'Coornbcs, a win for Canterbury. '■ The remaining four games aro drawn, i namely, those between E. 11. Severne (Cani tejbui-y) and B. A. Clcland, W. 3. King (Can- . terbury) and O. Balk, I'. Hawkim (Cantorbury) and A. Ellis, and W. X>. Buckhurst ; (Canterbury) and F. Warner. The following' ia the score eheet: — Otago. Wing. Canterbury. Wins. R. A. Clcland .. B. 11. Severne .. i 0. Balk .. i W. S. King .. £ Bev. N. Friberg 1 H. Kennedy ■.. 0 A. Ellia .. 5 T. Hawkins .. £ W. G. Stenhouso 0 A. C. Twyford .. 1 L. D.-Coombeo 0 T. Woodford ..1 | S. S. Myers .. J A. Cant . u : A. Amtmann .. 1 E. Lovell-Smith 0 A. E. Ward 1 L. <T. Darwin ..0 i G. P. Wright .. 1 Dirk Pihl .. 0 W. 11. Allen ..OF. H. ttoville .. 1 H. Hcndernon .. J D. It. Bruton .. i . F. Warner .. i W. B. Buckhurst J 1). 11. Haetingo 1 W. H. Jovco .. 0 Total .. 8 Total ..0

"Ho wps paralytic drunk when ho ! went through tho form of marnap on the second-occasion," said Mr bpear, at the Darlingimrsfc (Sydney) sessions, I a few <liive flgo, when Ciiarlcs xionry j William Shearmon plendwl guilty to ai charge of bigamy. Judge Armstrong i said ho did not think that was any i excuse, becauso tho man lived with tho i woman afterwards. It was stated that Shearmon had been attached to tho A.I.F. and had served several years . at the' front. Judge Armstrong, m. sentencing Shearmon to a month s , prisonmont, said that apparently all bis offences were committed when ho was drunk "You aro tho class of person, ho continued, "who is largely responsible for the abolition of drink. Everybody else has to go without bccause -of inen like you, who are forcing t-lio I rest of the community to go dry.