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Otago Witness, Issue 3443, 9 March 1920, Page 44

Somo frank admissions concerning his business affairs were made by a bookmaker who was one of the defendants in a " two-up " prosecution h?ard in the Police Court, Auckland. Under cross-examination by Chief Detective M'Mahon he admitted that he had given up painting s five years ago, and set up in the more profitable business of bookmaking. Counting the odd money in his pocket he found that he had about £IOO. Ho was "not exactly worth thousards," he said, but was by no means "broke." " And I've been paying for the upkeep of the Police Force pretty consistently, too," he added. "Four or five times I've paid my fines like a gentleman, and painting wouldn't have paid for them," he concluded amid general laughter. Brine from springs in. Eastern Alberta reveals 8£ per cent, of salt, establishing Alberta as one of the richest salt-produo-ing areas in the world.