GAMBLING IN SYDNEY.
(BY IaiiCTIUC TKI.KGItAI'M— COI'VUIoHT.) Sydnky, .July IU. Foit some considerable time past there have been many complaints of a considerable increase of gambling alleged to have been carried on in the Chinese quarter of the toivn. The police have been fully aware of the fact, but owing to the cleverness of those managing the dens they have boen unable to check the eviL List night, however, the detectives planned a raid on the chief establishment, and despite that it was strongly fortified, managed to gain _ an entrance and arrest most of the piincipal occupants. The arrests were not made without considerable resistance, and no little excitement was occasioned in the town, as out of forty-two prisoners the majority are young Jiuropeann, many well
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2967, 21 July 1891, Page 2
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126GAMBLING IN SYDNEY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2967, 21 July 1891, Page 2
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