AN ILLEGAL LOTTERY.
AID FOR CANCER CAMPAIGN.
ORGANISER BEFORE COURT.
[IIY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Friday.
The organiser of the Manufacturers' Association carnival, which was recently held in aid of the cancer campaign fund, was charged in the Magistrate's Court with conducting a lottery. Inspector Cummings said the police were, in sympathy with the campaign, but could not allow breaches of the law. He did not press for a but wanted the public to know that such lotteries could not be carried on.
The magistrate dismissed the case subject to the payment of 10s costs, adding that if similar cases came before the Court a substantial penalty must be imposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 14
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110AN ILLEGAL LOTTERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 14
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