BETTING SUBTERFUGES
DISCLOSURES AT INQUIRY ILLEGAL OPERATORS SYDNEY, April 15. Giving evidence at the resumed inquiry into the police methods, in betting raids, Sergeant William Keefe who, with others, conducted a number of such raids, said that hundreds of subterfuges were employed by illegal betting operators. Jj Some used self-erasing pads, others used secret drawers, bottles, and sbding panels in which, betting slips were hidden. It was quite common for women to secrete slips on their persons, and the police were unable to conduct au immediate search of their clothes. The police took the view, that they would catch the offenders, later on. Scouts and "cockatoos" were usually posted outside hotels to give warnings about the police approaching, with the result that it was most difficult to_make arrests. The police also had evidence of youths under age conducting street betting in sixpences. Witness added that starting price betting was a real menace, especially in, the poorer suburbs. Anonymous letters about the police to the Police Department were often written by persons in sympathy wit..
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 5
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174BETTING SUBTERFUGES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18991, 16 April 1936, Page 5
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