TEE RACE GAME
AN INCIDENT AT SEA. That the race game plays a considerable part, in the lives of many Australians is admitted. It is, therefore, not unnatural- that the same game jn a more cximpact form should' be played among the passengers of steamers trading out of Sydney? On a recent voyage between Sydney and Wellington the monotony of the trip was lessened by euch a gatno through the enterprise of one of the trippers. This gentleman installed himself as banker, and invited others to back their fancy. That it was a fair gamble is testified to by tho face that on two 'occasions "the bank was broken/’ After this reverse fortune began io smile, on the "banker," who had succeeded in amassing a nice little pilo of silver, when suddenly , the captain appeared on tho scene. "I suppos you know, gentlemen,” he said, "that all games of chance on board ship are illegal, and that all moneys found on the tables may lie impounded for the National Shipwreck Fund?”
The "banker” had visions of his bank being “broken” a 'third time. / Ho was clearing his. throat to speak, ■when, to his relief, Jin skipper, still severe and unbending, saicl: "I shall return in ten minutes,” and left tho room.
The lesson was not without its effect.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19210402.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 160, 2 April 1921, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
218TEE RACE GAME Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 160, 2 April 1921, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in