CHINESE CHARGED
BREACHES OF GAMING ACT AN AUCKLAND RAID (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, This Day. , Detectives raided premises in Grey’s avenue and arrested 18 .Chinese, They were charged with breaches of the Gaming Act. About four years ago two men rushed into the basement of the same premises, attacked the keeper, put out the lights and decamped with money lying on a table. To-day the detectives found that the light switches were enclosed in a locked box and gas jets were burning as well as electric lights. Two wire cages, also locked, held the “bank,” proving that the Chinese had taken every precaution. Some of the Chinese were sitting round two tables when the detectives entered, and had considerable sums of money. One had £340, another £lO2, a third £BO, a fourth £6O and several had sums ranging between £lO and £2O. The police seized a quantity of betting material as well as the wire cages, the latter being screwed down to the tables.
At a sitting of the special court defendants were remanded.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 December 1936, Page 9
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174CHINESE CHARGED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 December 1936, Page 9
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