THE GAMING ACT
ALLEGED 'ILLEGAL, PUBLICATION. (bv TiiLEdnArii—rMss association.) Palmerston North, July 30. The attention of the. police having 'been directed' to',the' sporting notes of 1 "Asmddeus'.' published in the "Mana'watu Daily Tiines", on ' July .18, ' Jlr. Hoben as proprietor lias received a summons under tho ; Gaming Act," 190,8,' setting out thiit : ho published, a suggestion as to tlio probablo rosult of a certain-'horso race to be run at Trentham, tho said suggestion being in the words - following:—"Topics of the turf. Today's Trentham-' 1 Meetnig;.—Sir' Frisco has been' doing somo. good work on.tho track and should bo much fancied in the Parliamentary. Handicap to-day. Dawn arid Seaman should also be handy whon tho winning post is reached," contrary to the form of the statute In such case! mado and provided. This is' the-first prosecution of tho Jtirid un-der-tho'new Gaming Act:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 9
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140THE GAMING ACT Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 9
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