DRAUGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 177, 21 April 1908, Page 5

DRAUGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP.

:' V' : —-11. (DY XELEGRAPn.—rr.ESS ASSOCIATION".) Dunedin, April 20. ! Considerable progress was made with the Draughts Championship to-day, and it "is expected the .tournament will concludo oil Wednesday; ■ The .following table shows the'- positions of the competitors:—., • :• •; , Win. Lose. Draw. Pts. Brodie, Dunedin ' ... '10 3 7" 13JBoreham, Dunedin 12 2' 2 13 Scott, Invercargill ... '8 . 0. 10 ,' 13 Lucas, Dunedin . 8 6 4 10 Tibbies, Gore ... 6/66' 9 Hutton, Dunedin ... 6 '5 • 5. 8J Gardiner, Invercargill '6 2 4 • - 8 Hillikcr, Dunedin. .... 5 . 1 0 8 Murdoch, Gorei; : ... 4 ' 3 7 • 7\ Bruce, New Plymouth 3 8 5 51' 'tyatson, Canterbury... 3, 7: , 2 ■ 4 Jarvis, Orepuki " 2 8 -4- 4 Davies, Balclutha ... 2 . 8 2 3 Butterfield, Dunedin 0• 1G •'S • 1 Invest in ',a good- company—oho. that lis organised along ' those" conservative, .lines'' which spell :siiccess. Then !: you |f need ; hot fear as-to favourable'results.'"' -' ;/ ' : "Can you tell me ..what sort of weather we may expect next month?" wrote-a subscriber to the publisher, of a,.country papor,and the published reply' was;,.as follows:—"It is my belief that/the weather next month will bo very much-like your subscription." . The inquirer wondered for an hour what tho'publisher was driving at .when he'happened to think~of.''the 'word "unsettled."!, He .sont" in tho required amount" rieit day.'. i