ILLEGAL SWEEPSTAKE.
WHAT WILL THE POLICE DO WITH THE .MONEY? tElec. Tc). Copy right--Dili fed Press Assn.) (Received October 28, 3 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 28. The police tiro puzzled as to what to do with £l6O seized in Freeman's office in connection with the Now Zealand Sweep case. The money appears destined to go into the Government revenue, Tnit the question is whether the New South Wales or Now Zealand Government should got it. Tho police state it is impossible to return the money to hundreds of people in New Zealand who sent for tickets, as til,, letlera came from all parts of the Dominion. II also is questionnblc if the money would he claim oil, as il is illegal to part impale in sweeps JUTd lotteries in New Zealand. and i hr? buyers of tickets are hardly likely 6' claim the money. The police are await ing advice from the New Zealand authorities before talcing any action.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19251028.2.96
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16871, 28 October 1925, Page 13
Word Count
158ILLEGAL SWEEPSTAKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16871, 28 October 1925, Page 13
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in