The Christchurch "Sun” in an editorial, says: "So that he might have n few shillings in his pocket to tide him over convalescence,® a labourer who was discharged from the Christchurch Public Hospital on Saturday morning first drew up a double chart and took bets from his fellow patients and from nurses. He collected 30s in all On leaving hospital this daring and affluent gambling promoter was arrested, brought before the Magistrate's Court, and fined £5 and costs. Here is proof that the law cannot be defied with impunity. The police, it is plain to all men, are determined to stamp out this bookmaking evil. It is reassuring to know that the only person they have been able to detect carrying on the corrupt'and illegal business in Cup Week is a labourer, just disod from hospital.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2804, 23 November 1931, Page 7
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