BETTING ACTIVITIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 10

BETTING ACTIVITIES

OPERATIONS IN PADDOCK POLICE MAKE SEVEN ARRESTS FIVE MEN FINED £2O EACH [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] GISBORNE, Monday For some years a paddock at tho back of tho Makaraka racecourse lias proved a popular rendezvous with tho public on race days, the crowd sometimes numbering 300 or 400. During tho Poverty Bay Turf Club's races last week tho unofficial "grandstand" was as popular as ever, but among tho crowd was a plainclothes constable from Whakatane. On Saturday afternoon betting activities were in full swing and crown and anchor was being played. Ono man offering to take bets in silver, notes or gold was promptly met by a rival who moved among thn crowd calling, "I bet on silver, gold or diamonds." When excitement was at its height a party of police descended on tho scene and as a result seven men appeared beforo Mr. P. 11. Harper, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Two men, who were charged with playing a game of chance, crown and anchor, were fined £5 and £2 respectively, their names being suppressed. For frequenting a public place for tho purpose of betting Cornelius Patterson, Michael Hannah, Victor Hannah, Thomas King and Bernard Georgo Gibson were each fined £2O with £2 costs.