THE GAMBLING MANIA.
[l'.Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
(Out Parliamentary Reporter.)
WELLINGTON, This Day
Referring to gaming offences, the police report states that there were 115 prosecutions resulting in 91 convictions during the year under the miming laws against 229 prosecutions and 124 convictions in 1903 “Tim Gaining and Lotteries’ Act, 1831 ” seems to require,” says (tie report, ‘'amendment in the direction of dealing wilhucrsons gambling on private paddocks or grounds, as I lie game of “two up” is now carried on extensively in such places, and the police are powerless in the matter.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 August 1905, Page 1
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