A NEW ZEALAND TATTERSALLS
BY TKLKGUAI'H —l 1 KKBH ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, May 11. What is alleged to be a form of New Zealand Tattersalls consultation ia stated to have been unearthed by the local detective staff, and it is expcctad that several persons will have to answer charges of being concerned in selling tickets purporting to be of the kind mentioned. It is stated that the scheme was to have a big scope. extending from one end of the dominion to the other. Defective Cassells, who has had the matter in hand for some time past, has succeeded in obtaining evidence upon which action is being taken, and it is understood that an alleged sweep was got up on the Wanganui Steeplechase, to be run on May 23rd, and that the prizes offered were as follow :■-First horse £750, second £3OO, third £100; other horses to divide £2OO, and the balance in cash prizes to be drawn pro rata, less 10 per cent. It is stated that the proposition involved the issuing of 25,000 tickets, at 2s each.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9087, 12 May 1908, Page 5
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178A NEW ZEALAND TATTERSALLS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9087, 12 May 1908, Page 5
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