SWEEPS BARRED
ACTION OF THE HOME OFFICE,
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CAILB V ASSOCIATION.)
(Received March 22, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 19th March. In continuation of- the recent action regarding sweepstakes,' the Home Office is prosecuting two British officers for selling tickets in: a so-called £25,000 Grand National ■ sweepstake, organised by the British Services Club in Boulogne in aid of the British and French war charities. The prosecution admitted that this sweepstake was bona fide. The defendants ■ said they had seen the Home Secretary, who suggested that if the sweepstakes were held it should 'be abroad.
The Home Secretary apparently intends to suppress all sweepstakes. He has already prohibited a Stock Exchange sweep on behalf of St. Dunstan's.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 69, 22 March 1920, Page 8
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116SWEEPS BARRED Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 69, 22 March 1920, Page 8
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