RISK LIGHTLY TAKEN
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, January 7. Charged with selling tickets in a lottery, William John Tweeddale, aged 40, employed at an air base, pleaded guilty. The police said that Tweeddale met a plain-clothes constable outi side a hotel and said -he was selling lottery tickets for a "bookie." When asked if he was not afraid of being caught, he replied that if he was he would only be fined a fiver, which 1 the "bookie" would pay. The constable ! bought, two tickets at a shilling each. i. Tweeddale told • the Magistrate, Mr. Luxford, that this was the first time he had been in trouble for gambling. "I hope the 'bookie' sticks to his promise to pay your fine," said Mr. Luxford, imposing a fine' of £5 and j allowing 14 days in which to pay. Why envy lovely natural-coloured hair? Protect your hair from greyness with Primrose Hair Dressing—the real. 4rue hair colour restorative; From I Woolworths, chemists, and toiletry counters. —P.B.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1942, Page 4
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163RISK LIGHTLY TAKEN Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1942, Page 4
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