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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14770, 8 October 1921, Page 10 (Supplement)

The idea that chess was invented by the ancient Indians or by Hie ■Chinese is shaken by the discovery at ‘ Sakkara, in Egypt, of a wall painting, showing two chess players, belonging to the government of King Tela, of the sixth dynasty. Professor Brugseh puis Tela at .‘I3OO 8.C., or o'?00 years ago. The following is a pen-picture of the New Zealand Premier, taken from (lie Rradford Daily Telegraph: “Mr Mas-s-ey. by the way. is not exactly tinlaud of man Hie awirage pressman welcomes must heartily. The. reporter lends to Judge humanily or, at any TT<te, that part of it which speaks In public—-by a standard of Words per minute. From this point of view the New Zealand Premier lias a shocking rt-cord, for words How from his mouth a.! upwards of two hundred per miuul-. Nor does Mr Massey provide those V. ritzy personal paragraphs wilh winch Hie conscientious pressman loves to intersperse Hie more solid matter of a report, un one occasion this morning, for instance, he noticed a group of repTM-lers, ami ran like anything.'’ The l.ite.rfc. Mercury describes him as “a very keeru student of history, who never tires of -Helving into the ji<ut records of the ii4!»<WJu”