GAMING CHARGES
THREE TAURANGA CASES Three men appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Tauranga on Thursday before Mr E. L. Walton S.M., to answer separately to charges relative to bookmaking. Douglas William Thorburn pleaded guilty to a charge of carrying 011 the business of a bookmaker. Sergeant Edwards gave details in connection with a double chart, and defendant was fined £10 and costs 10s.. W. G. Rae faced a charge of oper ating a common gaming house. Mr Cooney represented defendant, Sergeant Edwards, for the police, said a raid was made on the premises and while there a constable received a number of phone calls from people desirous of making bets. The magistrate said the fines would be heavier each time and imposed a penalty of . £30. information on the same lines was laid against W. H. Abraham, the fine in his case being £45. "THEY USED to call me 'Skinny Emma.' Then I heard of YIM Tablets. What a transformation they effected. I put on plump flesh and gained a lovely figure." YIM Tablets are sold by F. G. Macklow and other Chemists. Stout men, note! Man loses 151bs in 2 weeks with Bonkora. Obtainable 171 G. Macklow, Chemist, Whaka. .twine, .-.a .. i t. •
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 47, 14 August 1939, Page 5
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205GAMING CHARGES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 47, 14 August 1939, Page 5
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