—London’s trains are expected to show a deficit of £BB,OOO on the financial year just closing, the greatest drop being in the penny fares. Since 1922-23 there has been a deficit every year except two. —So that Cockneys can explore their own city, a London Explorers’ Club has been formed. At week-ends members visit interesting places which are unknown to the average Londoner. —Two Yorkshiremen have just finished a game of chess they started in 1922. As they live on opposite sides of the world, the game has been played by letters. It ended in stalemate.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21688, 5 July 1932, Page 2
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96Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21688, 5 July 1932, Page 2
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