AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Clever Capture.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 291, 18 August 1888, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Clever Capture.

Till. Sydney " Tcltgiaph "' -.ays : —The police at No. 4 Station v/eio jyain successful in making a Chinese uucl at a hoii'-o •situated at 131, Lower Ucoigc-stioet, on Satuidaj. night, i'oi some time pa-it the house in question has been clonoly watched by the authoiHic-, but owing to the viliganco oi the uuciijuuiU they ha\e been unable to olloct an ancst. Tho piopiietor ot tho dun io a Colesoial named Sun bam Kco, who, u 1-5 stated, tin annual ;>un> ot hetweon C4,oooaml C 5.000 to his lriemh m China. So cleveily was rho laid planned and coined out that the police woio m tho nudbt ot the gamblers bcloio they weio made awmo ot tlieir .ippioaeh. As soon a-5 o\ol\ thing- wab an.ui^cd, Bunioi Sergeant llingins, Senior-Constable Adair and bonior-CoiibtaUo iUixter succeeded in getting through the window or an outhouse, and having clxnibctl on to tho parapet of =ome divi ung Avails at the realgot on to the vooi oi tho buildmtr. By means of a fanlight the thiee leiiiained watclun^ tho n'ovomonts of the fjanibk-ib in a room immediately beneath them, i'lehentlv Higgiiib withdiew from his peeling place and got through an opening m tlio roo) ot the kitchen. He wab m the act ot making for Ihe f-tairs when he slipped and fell. 'Che noise which he eicated in talling brought a Chinaman to the »ceno, e\ iden ly with a view ot us>ccl taming tljc cause ot the disturbance, but lie had no sooner made his> appe.'U'iinco than he was 1 seized by the ollicer, who had just ) eoovcred himself. On being eaptmed, the Celestial laised an alarm, but beloro the othoia had time to make an escape Adair jumped through the fan-light referred to on to tho table at winch they wore ljiayujg. A concral stampede lollowed, and in the confusion chairs', tables and gambling implements were tin own about in all dn'dotions. The building was guarded from without by a number of other oilicers, who woiy subsequently admitted by Constable Higgins. Eight Europeans weie secured and three Chinamen, among the latter tho banker and the croupier. The gambling apparatus, furnituie aud money weie conJiauated, together with the batons used by the piincipals whon engaged in the game ot fantan. Tho men arrested were brought up at the Water Police Court next moining, Kong Ling, who operated as banker, and Chung Ti, who acted as croupier in the game ot ian tan, weie each oidered to pay a line of £35, with live guineas professional, together with court costs, and in default weie sentenced to thioe months' imprisonment. The other men were fined 15s and costs tor being iound without lawful excuse m a common gaming house.

Mamma (riming out).-- "IL i&n'l polilo, Bobby, to sniack your lips when eating. You never do that, at home." Bobby.--"Caiife wo never havo anybhing- worth smacking over. "