CONCERNING LOTTERIES
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —After appearing in the Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge of establishing a lottery with respect to my journal, "Humour," I was more "than interested to no.tice the manner in which a similar charge, but with respect to the Dunedin Exhibition, was dealt with the same day. In my case a prize of £5 was offered for the first envelope, opened in connection with tho "Humour" competition. In the Dunedin case money prizes were concealed in a, giant cheese which was sold to the public in small pieces. Which was the more alluring gamble— which the greater lottery? The fine imposed on myself by the Wellington Magistrate was £3 with costs. ■ The Dunedin Magistrate dismissed the Exhibition case, saying that ho did not see that any great harm had been done, particularly in view of tho amount of gambling going on at tho Exhibition (this as per P.A. report). This is surely one of the most egregious examples to date of the utter absurdity of the administration and operation of our gaming laws. —I am, etc., P. A. LAWLOB, N.-Z. Manager, "Aussie" and "Humour."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1926, Page 9
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190CONCERNING LOTTERIES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 105, 4 May 1926, Page 9
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