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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17090, 23 August 1917, Page 5

Mormngton defeated Railway in the thin! round of miniature rifle matches . by. 621 points to 609, the highest individual sodr& being Bardsley and BeverkJge (65 each) for Mornington, and Lee (68) for Railway* A telegraph match between the Wellington and Ota go Chess Clubs will bo commenced on Saturday evening. The follows' ing players have been picked to represent' Otago:—R. A. Cleland, O. Balk, A. Ellis;* H. F. Hamel, W. G. fitenhouse, S.v S; ■ Myers, L. D. Coombs, W. Wright, J. Lane;' J. Boroham, A. E. .Ward, W. H. Allenfi H. H. Henderson, A. Crawford; emergen;! oies—J. Bottintr and P. MacLaurin. Mr D. Harris Hastings will act as umpire. . ; hSome remarkable disclosures concerning a Maori's dealings in motors wore made in the course of a meeting of creditors of Matene Mita, of Petane, held at Nv pier. Bankrupt stated that he was a; ire turned soldier and came back woundod Ho had been back about ;12 months. When he came back ■he had some money : aridi thought of going into the taxi business! With that endl in view he purchased i * ear. He ran for hire between Napier and Petane. He thought he would do better at Rotorua, and took the car- up there. He got £1200 from the salo of some land, spent £300 on a motor cycli and side-car, and spent £600 while he'was at Rotorua, where he was sent by the Go* vernment to recover from wounds. ]j March he bought a motor car, and asa diversion started, playing cards, with tKo result that in one day (Sunday) he lost' £50. To meet this debt he accepted £50 and gave a mortgage over his car for £100. Next Sunday at cards he lost - £16; all the remaining cash he had. He r<> turned to Napier with the car, sold it for £240, taking a smaller car in part ofci change, paying £45 cash. He did not tell the purchaser that the oar was He intended to pay his gambling debt; though he had an idea that he could 'not get into trouble owing to the law on that point. _ He was of opinion that "they jast took him down." The Official Assignee said he had wired to Rotorua claiming a car seized by one Johnston there, and- wk-' ceived a reply to the effect that the mori-, gage was perfectly regular, and that no claim on the car was admitted. This Assignee was empowered to take what steps' ho thought nocessary to proteot the in-' terests of the creditors, and to realise tits estate should it beoome ncceosaxy. i