29,000 LETTERS STOPPED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18705, 10 May 1924, Page 2 (Supplement)

29,000 LETTERS STOPPED.

SWEEPSTAKE PROSECUTION. ;. r —'■ i• OBAND . NATIONAL. lottery,' *1- \ ' ' • "• ; i The organising secretary : of«the Metro* " politan Council of s the < British' " Legion, "; - ' Mr. John H. Price,- of - Victoria Street, : -'V ■ S.W., was - charged at Westminster on March 3 with conducting a lottery on "th» Grand National. , v . „■ • Mr: Muskett, prosecuting, said this : sweepstake •< was on Va - very larger-scale, '•*'•• and 29,000 : letters relating to it had been.''? stopped: in the pest. Mr. -Price told' thi' * Commissioner of Police that he was unable .to stop the ' sweeptake because the .tickets i; f had 'been sent out broadcast, and- they- =• k could, not' get "the i books back. > Mr. J. iE. -Thorpe, .defending/- said the sweepstake was to : raise funds for - relief -in boots and < clothing for :• ex-service • met. > ; " After the police saw Mr. Price no more : . books of 'tickets . were ' issued. It might & - be the object of the present : Government'^ ->:r to stop this sort of r'thing, « but mother £ charitable lotteries in the ' past iadiinot •• ■" been interfered with. »•• - i -gizir .•£- r • The Magistrate:»Are'there any»6f v l .. charitable , lotteries now escapinarij.pyose-:® yM ration? : i" {•*? : .-<• Mr. Thorpe: Yes. In the north of England .number have been allowed to -go o*."* Mr. Muskett: They must come' under's the notice-. of the authorities. . :y ..•IS- J . Mr. Chapman imposed a fine on defen° V dant of jQ2s.ij.nd £5 5s costs. >>'•. «

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