FLOATING "SCHOOL."
Gambling Launch in Sydney
Harbour.
ELABORATELY PITTED.
(Received 12 noon.)
SYDNEY, this day.
In a sensational raid the police arrested 30 men on a 20-ton launch elaborately iitted for gambling and containing a bar and buffet for the convenience of patron 3. This floating "school , ! is the first of its kind in Australia.
For many months a launch about 00 feet long had been cruising round the harbour. A police boat with 10 constables intercepted the launch, and later 3G men. were- charged with various
offences.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 15, 19 January 1931, Page 7
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