AUCKLAND GAMBLING HELL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9004, 18 November 1907, Page 2

AUCKLAND GAMBLING HELL.

STARTLING iiEYEI/ATIONvS,

Per Press Assocatiion. Auckland, November 18. Under the heading “An Auckland Gambling Hell,-’’ the Star publishes startling revelations of the ’existence in the heart of the city of a don which, it says, may without exaggeration ho compared to _the notorious galling schools of Sydney and San Francisco. It has horn in existence over three years, and is open at all hours of the day and night. Its patrons include _ men of every calling and stage of life, men well known in business circles consorting with thugs aud spielers. The don is protected by an ingenious system of electric bells against the intrusion of outsiders, aud in the event of the police gaining an entry the place is couverted_ into a gymnasium aud boxing ring, pugilists aud gloves being ready for such an emergency. It is understood that more than one police raid has been rendered nugatory by the means possessed by the establishment ot obtaining information when danger threatens. , . . The thugs aud pugilists who make up tho staff of the gambling don make a liue fat living, pyery houi the manager collects a shilling as gay money' from every person on the premises, aud lucky players aro compelled to hand over a fair pci centage of their wiimiugs, these sometimes amounting to large_ sums. Losers do not always take thpjr misfortune quietly, and a young puiu w3io found at tlio cud of au all uigiit game that ho had been relieved ot a sum is said to have made such good play with a six-shootor that ho was able to leave at t> o*clock m tlio morning with tho bulk of his 11101103 refunded.