CONDUCT OF LOTTERY

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 14 October 1925, Page 9

CONDUCT OF LOTTERY

POLICE INTERVENE. OPERATIONS IN DOMINION WELL-0 RG ANISED .SCHEME. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Oct. 14, 12.10 p.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 14. The police detained a man and woman as they were leaving the Post Office with a large number of letters from New Zealand containing a large amount of money for tickets in a bogus sweep which they allege the man was conducting. The police state that the man sent books of tickets to people in towns all over New Zealand, with a letter explaining how the sweep was to be run. The sweep was on the New Zealand Cup, to be run in Christchurch in November, and was called the New Zealand Sweepstakes, and the prize money total’ed £IO,OOO. The first prize was £SOOO. , , , , It is believed that thousands of tickets were sold all over the Dominion, the promoter explaining that the tickets were to be sold exclusively in New Zealand. The reason the lottery was run in Sydney was owing to postal difficulties in New . Zealand. Agents were instructed to forward all money for tickets by postal note only, cheques on money orders not being acceptable. The police state that it is remarkable that the promoter was able to organise such an illegal lottery in New Zealand and control it from Sydney and it be such, a success. When the xilice detained the man there was number of New Zealand newspaper clippings ,in his mail showing that the sweep had aroused considerable interest. One paper, under the heading of “Doubtful "Sweep,” described the way the lottery was run. Another paper stated that the operations of certain sweep promoters in Australia were suspicious. ......