A “TWO-UP” SCHOOL.
RAID AT WHAKATANE. Wlmkatane, Yesterday. A raid on an alleged “two-up” school at the freezing works across the Wlmkatane River was made by Detective J. Cooney, Constables T. J. Cummings, R. H. Greenshide, and Keepa yesterday. Operations began on (he eastern side of (he men's quarters or barracks. Two of the raiding party debouched at each end of the barrack's, hut a stampede had already commenced. Three men ran headlong into Cummings, and the others scattered across the barbwire fencing, through the standing maize, into the swamp, and elsewhere, when 1 I hey are hiding. The gathering was estimated at about 50 persons, and included Maoris. It is understood that the police took several names, and also secured the money abandoned.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1973, 6 May 1919, Page 3
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124A “TWO-UP” SCHOOL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1973, 6 May 1919, Page 3
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