Swindling Sweeps.
The Melbourne Herald has entered upon a new line, having, it appears, employed a private detective for the past three, months to ferret, out the various questionable sweeps, and* to ex* pose tb.em m a series of articles under the somewhat sensational beading of 11 Melbourne Turf Frauds, by the Herald Detective: Swindling Sweeps, and the i Sweeps who Swindle." . The ;first one whom the 'detective takes to task is "Orient,-' and m very plain langu ago tells the public that the sweeps pro* mo ted by that person are nothing Short of swindles. This season the subject of this eulogistic little sketch has done ■ wonderfully well* as a result of the announcement printed' on the back of his j prospectuses to the effect that he dis-j parsed £.14,122 over , the last Uup. j The detective, m the, coarse, pf , his re-- ! marks, s'tajbes jthat be has madej|tbe i acquaintance J bf no less than fourteen! swindling sweep promoters; ;i Thb; Herald, iv its preliminary notice of these ai tides, expresses the opinion that the explorations of its detective will be of more interest to the public than the explorations. ia New Guinea, or farming; m America. ■:■*>.•> .X. ,!' l»-»£J.jj8 ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 249, 22 September 1883, Page 2
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