REMOVAL OF 'PHONES
ACTION PROPOSED AGAINST BOOKMAKERS
NEW PENALTIES INCLUDED IN BILL
(PA.) Wellington, July 2.\ j The Post and Telegraph Amend- 1 ment Bill, which provides new 1 penalties for the misuse of or wil- m ful interference with telephones, in- |' eluding fines up to £IOO or a year's p imprisonment, was put through all In stages and passed in the House of M Representatives today. p. The Postmaster - General, Mr I Hackett, moving the second reading, IP said the Bill had been made neces- p. sary because of happenings in Auck- F land, where one or more telephones m were removed from one office and B put into another. Mr R. M. Algie (Opposition-1 Remuera). Were they bookmakers? I Mr Hackett: For the benefit off" the honourable member, his guess!: is correct. ■'. i
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14713, 3 July 1948, Page 2
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135REMOVAL OF 'PHONES Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14713, 3 July 1948, Page 2
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