28 SEPTEMBER 1912, Page 17

CHECK-MATE.

[To THE EDITOR 0/` TEl " SvEcrrroz."] SIR,—I am somewhat surprised that Mr. Chandler in his learned and interesting letter on the word "check-mate" has not referred to the curious fact that in the Maori language " Ariki Mate" means either "the king is dead" or "the king_ is ill," according to the way in which mato is pronounced.—I