Kept Faith With Public
BUT LOTTERY WAS ILLEGAL. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 22. In connection with the disposal of a ear by a lottery by the Tramway Entertainers, in aid of the St. John Ambulance Association, Alexander George Blight was to-day fined £lO and Richard John Culver was convicted and discharged; and for selling tickets John William Roworth and Charles Henry Wilson were fined 30s. The defendants all pleaded guilty, but it was explained it was not till after the scheme had been publicly launched that the illegality of the system w r as declared to the promoters, and they had no option but to keep faith with the police.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7269, 23 September 1933, Page 8
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111Kept Faith With Public Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7269, 23 September 1933, Page 8
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