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BOOKIE HAD £12,000 TURNOVER
AUCKLAND, Oct. 7.
Stated by the police to have a yearly turnover of £12,000, George Matthews, 59 pleaded guilty before justices of the peace to a charge pt bookmaking. Defending counsel said Matthews was a veteran of World War I who suffered from tuberculosis and had to give up his fruiter’s business. He had refused to accept social securitv or other State aid. lhe Court imposed a fine of £lOO.
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Grey River Argus, 8 October 1948, Page 3
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