Miscellaneous Extracts.
BLACK V. WHITE
One of the characters of Perth in the ore-mining era was Tommy Narragufc, an aboriginal. Tommy was au inveterate draughts-player, and would earn many a big pfeller beer by " taking down mugs" who didn't know his powers as they talked largely in different bars. Another checker-board enthusiast was the Colonial Secretary Barlee, aud one day when he was talking draughts a bystander airily offered to produce aiilackfellow to beat him. Barlee laughed at the audacity of the thing, and said that if any nigger was good enough for him he would take his hat off to him for ever afterwards. The challenger quickly found Tommy, and led him to the Government offices. Ten pounds a side was put up, and black and white took their respective colors and began. The darkey carried off three games running, and Barlee paid over his tenner more astonished than riled. He was as good as his word, though, and ever afterwards when he passed Tommy in the street he would respectfully doff his hat. — Bulletin.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 279, 24 March 1897, Page 4
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