THE GAMING ACT

Southland Times, Issue 20256, 15 August 1927, Page 6

THE GAMING ACT

FOUR MEN AND A WOMAN FINED.

SEQUEL TO RAID.

(Per United Press Association.)

Auckland, August 13

Four men and a woman pleaded guilty this morning to various charges arising out out of the raiding of a bookmaker’s premises. Thomas Curran was fined £75 for keeping a common gaming house at 115 Hobson street, while £25 fines were imposed on William McMillan and Archibald Anderson for assisting in its management. Another, William McMillan (same name) and Lily Peters were fined £2, each being found therein. Three days were allowed all hands to pay. The detectives found £7O cash in the house. GAME OF PAKAPOO. MEN FINED IN WELLINGTON. Wellington, August 13. To many white people the game of pakapoo is just as alluring as to the Oriental mind, and there is more than one Chinese shop in Wellington in the back room of which a piece of flimsy paper marked with mysterious characters changes hands for 6d or 1/-. There is a chance of a big prize for a very small investment, but sometimes bankers and players find the game more expensive than expected. Such was the case to-day when Ah Young, aged 63, and Wong Keon, aged 23, were each fined £25 for keeping a common gaming house and Albert Andrews, aged 43, Bernard Walker Parker, aged 23, James Van Borssum, aged 37, Arthur Waugh, aged 49, and Ernest Regan, aged 44, found on the premises, were each fined £2.