"Can you tell me if the playing, of this game is on the increase'" asked Mr. E. Page, S.M/, at the Magistrate's Court this morning, when two waterside™, ,_amuel Peters and Cornelius Murphy, 'were brought before him on charges of having played "hazards" on the Queen's Wharf. "Some time ago it was very common." answered, Detective-Seregarit liawle, "but when the union stepped in to put a stop to it it practically ceased. During the last few weeks, however, it has greatly increased, and- there are reasons- to believe that these two young men have been the ringleaders,.in the game." Detective-Sergeant Rawle stated that a. watch had been kept on a group of men, bu|, when Plain-clothes Constable Tricklebank and Constable Anderson approached, the men broke away. Subseque-ntlv the two accused were caught playing hazards in a lavatory- on the wharf. Mr. 11. F. O'Leary, who" appeared for the defence, suggested that the men had thrown Uie dice simply to while away their spare time: . The Magistrate,' by way of a warning to others, who feel dis"posed to ignore the rulings of the law and of the Waterside Workers' Union imposed fines of £15 in each case. The men have one week in which to find the money. The article "Lest We Forget," which appeared in The Post on Saturday last °"_P ft __ \su l,ub T ,ut»«d hyarrangement with the Welfare League.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 125, 24 November 1919, Page 8
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