OUTSIDE THE COURSE
DETECTIVE CREATES A STIR
•(By. Telegraph.—Pi ess Assoeiatiou.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
When two more men were fined today for playing "Crown and Anchor" in Jfatipo Street on Tuesday between races at the Metropolitan Trots, a detective said. that, in addition to . ordinary people (iongregating in,the streets and watching th& races from over the fence at the back of'the racecourse there were bookmakers, spielers, and persona debarred by statute from admission to the course. There would be approximately 400 people by the fence. He, was■• there, five minutea w.hen he was spotted by a bookmaker, recognition being mutual, and the crowd broke up immediately. • "the Magistrate, Mr. Mosley, fined one man £10 and another £5. Both had previous convictions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 12
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121OUTSIDE THE COURSE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 12
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