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BOOKMAKING IN N.Z. Curran as " Martyr lo Turf Progress." PUBLIC SYMPATHY ALLEGED. United Prrss Association.—Copyright (Received -J p.m.) SYDNEY, this (lav. "The Sun" publishes un interview with T. Curran, in which ho slates that his serving ;i. sentence in the Auckland <raol for bookmuking attracted such nation-wide aitention that it now seemed certain Hint liookmaking legislation in New Zealand would follow as :i matter of course, j Really his conviction limdo him a. I martyr in the c.ni-e of turf progress, Curran write?. lie had pone to jrnol ami bated the experience. He had shared I his Christmas μ-ifts of food, which filled j» live-ton lorry, with the ldl) inmates. I Despite a petition signed by 20,000 people and the dispatch of hundreds of I telegram's to the ("Snvcrnment praying for clemency, he had to serve the full I term. He said he felt he had done a few days over Ins term, having entered tinol on' November IS and been released on Janimrv IC.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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167LEGALISED SOON? Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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