BOWLING GLUBS FINED
UNLICENSED SALE OF "LiQUORi-
: . 181 IBLB(JE.4I'H,--l'RES3;.'4SSoei.<J|j>V,)"'"'.T.il NAPIER, 18th Ma}, i As a sequel to a police raid, on th* Napier and Hastings Bowling ClubsV during the Easter holidays,-. Edwardi Beecham (Napier Club), John Pearce. Smith (Port Club), and P. Maurice Cohr;' (St. Leonard's Club) appeared iii'- "the. Magistrate's Court to-day to - answer charges of, selling /liquorLwitholiF licenses. Mr. W. Perry (Wellington) defended Th? 1 evidence showed that the. Napier Club? had purchased 70 gallons of whisky and; 415 gallons of beer in about six months.; In this club constables tendered mone-yj. and received chaivge, and in the others they were invited, to put contributions in a box. The. Magistrate held tha* there had been an unlicensed sale in( each case, and fines of £10 were im? posed and the liquor forfeited."' v 7?
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 19 May 1925, Page 7
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136BOWLING GLUBS FINED Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 19 May 1925, Page 7
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