GRAFT IN MELBOURNE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 155, 1 July 1913, Page 5

GRAFT IN MELBOURNE.

EARLY MORNING RAIDS. FOLICE WHO " STOOD IN." MELBOURNE. June 30. Additional details oi police raids on three fashionable cafes, crowded with smart 1\ dressed won.en and men, iv Melbourne, -how that h tteta received at the police headquarters supplcu.cuted the information obtained by the special agents who participated in the I'liugn at the cafes. | and .-. 11 i lamed that huge quantities of! high-priced liq-.iuri v.i'i-e consumed with-j Tile names of tnose presci.t when the I ran; ".-..- ntaile itulude a number o. people of bote f.r-xes. The '. omr.iissiener of Police states the', the ugi;. feature of the business is the introduction cf American giaft. A number ..;" poli.-e on duly in the vicinity of the raided houses were watched, and seen to be participating in the feasting, instead of doing duty. Men of that clasi. the Commissioner declared, would not suit him. Probably there will he some vacancies in the fore:' in the next few days. It is stated that the police v.ere -tandhig outside listening to t:,- music, and that drinks and supper were standing on the i.nimtp- (or their delectation. Amongst tbe letters reel-,,-.! by the Police Ci.mmis-iorar prior to tho raid, oiie expressed the hope 'hat h.c would not he bribed. it declared thai one cafe was a notorious den of immorality, and drinking, and was frequented by masked Tor-sina for sovrrrisr-- was a feature of the cafe. ( -voice \. ines were supplied at IS ' to 25/ ;' bottle. Tbe C<.r,:i,ii=-i'"f" hopes that he will not he cop-.T>e'tled to publish the nart.es of these arreted, adding that it would he unkind.