JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.
(By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.)
■, -;:-;': ,• :' Wanganui,: October. 17. ; Rowing men opened'their : 6cason :on Saturday, with the usual, procession- of boats, and ;eight-oar races.. - Cricketers and .tennis players/also l made a' start wjth their pastimes.; ■",.
;A petition : 'from.-■'.about, -.'3O Gonville residents to have/their 'properties excluded from the special rating, area now being created for the purposes of a loan for the Gonville trams will be heard by Mr. Kerr, S.M., on Wednesday., .'V : 'Those who attend shows and similar functions wilP.bo'quite familiar with the game.in^which the innocent, are allowed for. .a small /.monetary consideration, to throw steel rings on to a table marked with' various sums of money enclosed in circles, the speculator being' paid in proportion to the amounts which, the steel rings, cover..;. The local'police are talrin" proceedings against a proprietor of one of these outfits,, on the ground that it.is a game of chance. The case will be heard by the. magistrate, on Wednesday next..
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 5
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