GAMBLERS MADE TO DISGORGE
— LIXER VICTIM'S CHEQUE. <! r While crossing the Atlantic from Kng- J land in I lie C'uiiard liner Bcrcngarin a London business man took part in a "friendly" game of Bridge with three fellow-passengers—a woman and two E PUiivo men. The stakes were gradually raised, and when the business man de- s tided that bedtime Lad arrived he found t himself poorer by £1100, for which l amount he gave his cheque. Some days later he mentioned his loss r to Sir Arthur Rostron, the captain of the ° jliner, who recognised the other players I \M notorious trans-Atlantic gamblers them, Sir Arthur made them T
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 16
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