INGENIOUS SWEEPSTAKE
PROMOTER DISAPPEARS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. VANCOUVER, April 24. A warrant has been issued at Victoria for the arrest of Arthur English, who claims to be a former Australian news writer. He arranged a plot to defraud tho public-through a 1,500,000 dollars alleged sweep on the next Manchester Handicap under tho guise of charity. A police raid on the office disclosed thousands of tickets, all of which were to have been sold in the United States as being on a Canadian national handicap at 4dol each. _ English disappeared a week ago, leaving his rent and his stenographer unpaid.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19310427.2.52
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 20777, 27 April 1931, Page 8
Word Count
99INGENIOUS SWEEPSTAKE Evening Star, Issue 20777, 27 April 1931, Page 8
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in