GAMBLING CLUBS.
AEEEST OF TIIEEE LOEDS.
[BY KLKCTRIO TKLHUKAITf. —COPYRIGHT. 1 London, May 13. Os Sunday morning a body of lifty police inado a raid on a fashionable Baccarat Club in Park Place. Fifteen were arrested, including Lords Dudley, Lurgan and Poulctt. £18,000 in hard cash were also seized. Another raid was made on the Adolphi Club, and 47 gamblers arrested. It is asserted that Lord Dudley lost £3000 and Lord Lurgau £2000. The club in which baccarat is played has proved the ruin of many young men of fashion, and young Bonzon, the plunger, was ruined there. The raid by the police was made on tho application of. Lord Bateinan, owing to heavy losses of his son.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2628, 16 May 1889, Page 2
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118GAMBLING CLUBS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2628, 16 May 1889, Page 2
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