CONTINENTAL SWEEPS
RIGID SUPPRESSION TO BE ENFORCEDr Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, , March 19. In continuation of tho recent action regarding sweepstakes, tho Home Office is prosecuting two British officers- for selling ticket* in & eo-called £25,001 Grand National sweepstake, organised by the British Services Olub in. Boulogne in aid of the British and French war charities. Tho prosecution admitted that this sweepstake was bona fide. The defendants said they had seen the Home Secretary, who suggested that if tho sweepstakes were held it should be abroad. The Home Secretary apparently intends to suppress all sweepstakes. Ho has already prohibited a Stock Exchange sweep on behalf of St. Dunsfan’s. ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10545, 23 March 1920, Page 2
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109CONTINENTAL SWEEPS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10545, 23 March 1920, Page 2
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