POLICE RAID.
ON A CHINESE GAMBLING ■:■ -..- \ v .. • den. , .;■■ ■" / '•'• ' [PHESP ASSOCIATION. 1 . ■;■ AUCKLAND, May 13, , 'Two ■serwsn.iits i and 11 constable^ raided V Chbr&se shop in Wakefieid Street ]«st Bight, «nd aa-rested 'c' 2 Oirii-neoe on «. ohrrge of being fona<s im a- common gaming-housei B:ive taSxkvs in the room wero devoted ty f»n-'t«':n,• pak-i'-poo, dico, cards, and dbminoeo. On:'four mc-noy was found. 'Twenty of thoiio arrc-s'.ed profe.^iQ.'l to "be Clmstiaiis, and lKtd been to elrarch. ! ' . Ling Hung was charged with .beui^ the proprietor. ' ' Tiio police intend to show that the house wiisVun by; a syndicate. f :>r those who phi ye d stibstantial meals ,vere provided free, and the fare v.r.s » good that the house became known is trtho fNorthern Club." THe. police have evidence tliat £iO vent to the house in. one day, y.er; medium of 5 ,to 10 per cent, oil ihe virmings of erxjh game.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 14 May 1912, Page 7
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147POLICE RAID. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 14 May 1912, Page 7
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