LAUNDRY RAIDED.
GAMING CHARGE DISMISSED. DOMINOES AND MAH JONG. (Per United Press Association.) Gisborne, January 7. Arising out of a raid on laundry premises on Christmas night, one Chinese was charged at the Police Court with keeping a common gaming house and sixteen others with being found in the gaming house. Evidence disclosed that the Chinese had been playing dominoes and Mali Jong for money, but the Magistrate held that these games did not come within the scope of the section of the Gaming Act in question, and the informations were dismissed.
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Southland Times, Issue 21288, 8 January 1931, Page 10
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