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Evening Star, Issue 21631, 29 January 1934, Page 14

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GAMING ACT. A hue of t'Yl was imposed on .lames -Artbur Frost, aged 52. a barman, charged with using premises in Fitzgerald avenue as a common gamin;.!: Ikui.c. A, detective gave -vi imuc of visiting the bouse. While I here lie answered several calls ami inquiries for tlie results of races. Witness bad known the aeer.-ed as a reputed bookmaker. - ■ Gilristclmrch Press Association. OVERCROWDED FERRY BOAT. TOKTO. January 28.—A ferryboat. overcrowded with 25U workmen from the .'Mitsubishi iron works, instead of the limit of 14.0, capsized in Nagasaki Harbour, Only fifty people were saved. RELIGION IN GERMANY. FRANKFORT. January 28. - The entire property and funds of the Peoples Union lor Catholic Germany in Munchcn—Gladbach have been confiscated by the Prussian State. This is the final blow to the world's strongest Catholic organisation. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE.SYDNEY. January 29.—Stock exchange sales :•—Bonds, 4 per cent. 1938, £K)4 18s 9d; 1941.,' £lO5 Ids ; 1944, £lO6 12s Gd; 11)47,' £lO7 2s Gd; 1950, £lO7 ss; 1953, £lO6 2s. Gd; 1957, £lO7 2s Gd; 1961, £lO7 12s Gd; Toohoy’s, 27s 9d; Tooth’s 44s 3d; Associated News, 21s 3d; Preference, 21s; Colonial Sugar, £65 us; Dunlop Pcrdriau, 21s 4.1 d; Electrolytic Zinc, 275; Henry Jones, 33s 9d. FALSE SAVINGS BANK RECEIPTS. Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon, Annie M'Dongall Smith pleaded guilty to thirty-four charges, including the forging and uttering of false Post Office withdrawal 1 slips, and was committed to thp Supremo Court for sentence, bail at her own recognisance of £IOO being allowed, provided she reports daily to the Salvation Army adjutant TAKAPUNA RACES. Moana Handicap, 195sovs. Of. -■l-2 Killadar (S.ll) 1, 4-4 Barograph (7.7) 2, 3-3 Arawa Rose (8.3) 3. Scratched; Brown Lap, Morehn, Echo Song, Spree, Teddy’s hoy. Won by four lengths each way. Time, linln 13 3-ssec Ha.nraki Plate, SOOsovs. lin and If.—3-3 Psychologist (8.9) 1, 2-2 Limbohm (S.O) 2, 5-5 Gay Broney (8.9) 3. Also started: Run - , Cherry King. ’Won by a head each way. Time, Imiu 53 2-ssce. Waiwora Handicap.—3-3 Thespis 1, 4-1 CourUiaven 2, 5-5 Glenrata 3. Scratched : Bright Flower. LAWN TENNIS. ’ In the Auckland championship final, Miss D. Nicholls beat Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, C-4, C-2.