"N.Z." PUNTER ARRESTED
Received Sunday, 8.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 16. Leonard^Wanliss, aged 38 years, the j sensational cash punter known to ; bookmakers as "New Zealand", was arrested at Flemington wiijde waiting j i to back Columnist, winner of the | Williamstown Cup, for thousands ot i ! potuids. He was taken to a city ] watchhouse but was released on bail" | in time to retum to the course to see j Columnist win the Williamstown Cup. | Wanliss was charged with having left j his wife without means of support since November 1, 1943. The police said the | j wife took out the warrant for his arrest ' at Bydney on Fndav. Wanliss was dei tained in the gramlstand enclosure J sliort Iv after tlie second racc aiul was j taken to tlie city by ear. Wliile at the watchhouse he took several thousand pounds in bundles of livers and tenners ! from his poeket and said he was going s to back CoJumnist willi it aud that he i j had already invested £-1000 on the j horse. He was gnuited £200 bail and j • rushed back to the course, but the j i police estimate he would not have had j tinie to plaeo all liis bets before tlie
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 November 1947, Page 7
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