A TURF SCANDAL.
LARGE SUM INVOLVED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 22, 9.15 p.m. London, Sept. 22. Hall, alias James, a self-styled landowner, was charged with fraud at Cardiff, involving £40,000. It is alleged Hall ran a turf syndicate, promising investors 12 per cent, interest weekly. Money poured in in thousands, and clients received interest for two months, but then Hall disappeared, after withdrawing £16,000 in notes. Hall’s ’ typist said his clients included clergymen, solicitors, business men and police officers. She had to destroy all the correspondence daily.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1921, Page 5
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90A TURF SCANDAL. Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1921, Page 5
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