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(Pen United Psess Association.) AUCKLAND, January 18. John Elderton, who was found' guilty oif loitering' in Symonda street for the purpose of making bets, was fined £75. The polio© described him ns a half-way man, making neither very big, nor very small, bets. WELLINGTON, January 18. Gns Nelson, a waterside worker, was sentenced to two terms of imprisonment, totalling two months, by Mr Page, S.M., on charges of stealing a bottle of whisky and a quantity of soap from the steamer Otarama. The magistrate said that although, there might be distressing circumstances ho could not grant probation or inflict aiVio. Waterside workers had had ample warning.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18765, 19 January 1923, Page 5
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107TELEGRAMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18765, 19 January 1923, Page 5
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