SEVENTEEN ARRESTS.
POLICE RAID PREMISES. WELLINGTON, June 7. Nine Chinese and eight Europeans were arrested this afternoon when the police raided three houses in Tory and Taranaki streets. The men will appear before the Courjb to-morrow, three Chinese charged Avitli using premises as common, gaming-houses, and the remainder with, being found without lawful excuse in such premises.
EUROPEANS FINED £3 EACH.
THE CHINESE REMANDED. WELLINGTON, This Day. As a result of raids by tbe police yesterday, eight Europeans Avere today each fined £3 and costs l()s for having been unhiAvfiilly on premises used as a. common gaming house. ’Pile charges against nine Chinese Avere remanded on the application of appearing counsel, avllo said he bad not bad time to go fully into the matter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19330608.2.54
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 202, 8 June 1933, Page 6
Word Count
124SEVENTEEN ARRESTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 202, 8 June 1933, Page 6
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in