SENSATION IN AUCKLAND
EIGHTY PERSONS ARRESTED. FOE! BREACHES OF GAMING ACT. ;.| (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ; AUCKIiAND, Last Night. j F«>ur detadhments of police raided certain premises in Vulcan Lane, Coombe's Arcade, and the British Buildings, this afternoon, and . detained. all the pensons tilierein on charges of feeing found l in a eommton igaoninghouse. ■ It,-is. well- known that the: introduction, of - gaming , legiski-. tion • m'adethe ' bookmakers'," ib up, i n ess • •iilegail ;'' : but arfnwhber" of' men> who were -formerlylicensed 'still- Scarry .on; fkmrishmg" businesses.' * ''The raids were'the result of monthscf observation, a.nd proved a great success, 110 warning of the intentions of the police 'being given. „The police considered they held (sufficient evidence to wari'&rit the raids, and the result was that nearly eighty persons were arrested. The arrested persons were conveyed to the police station, and' there bi ought before Justices of the Peace. The principals- were released in J>ond« of £2OO each, and those found on the premises in bonds of £lO • each. - The persoiiis concerned will appear before the' Ooulrt to-morrow. The proceedings have created a sensation in the city. . •
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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181SENSATION IN AUCKLAND Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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