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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2795, 26 May 1911, Page 2

A boy made an inauspicious start as a cyclist recently in Te Aroha. His lather gave him a present of a bicycle, and jumping on the machine he followed the pernicious practice of many other cyclists by riding on the footpath. Being a novice he could not steer like more expert riders, and he unfortunately knocked a little girl down. The sequel came at the Te Aroha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, when the youthful cyclist was fined 5s and costs 7s for his defiance ot the law, the Magistrate remarking that the matter of the collision with the girl was foreign to the case that day.

For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6.

Chief Detective Broberg, interviewed at Christchurch as to the working of* the new Gaming Act, said :—" It is possible that men are still bookmaking, but if so are doing it privately and wagering only with persons of substance with whom they are well acquainted. This is a matter concerning which it is extremely difficult to make any move. Even if we had suspicions, it would be next to impossible to find any evidence to justify them. Empowered by the Gaming Act, we were ready to clear the streets ot bookmakers, and we have accomplished that result. The bookmakers themselves recognised that the game was up. A number of the bookmakers," added the detective, " have set up in .business for themselves —some of them as hairdressers, for example. A few have retired on their profits, and a number have left the country."