GAMING HOUSES
CHINESE FINED. TOTAL OF £791. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, October 5. Fines totalling £791 were imposed by the Magistrate, Mr Page, S.M., to-day on the men arrested in yesterday’s pakapoo raid. On a charge of keeping a common gaming house 15 Chinese were each fined £5O, in default three months. Several Chinese found without lawful excuse in a common gaming house were each fined £3 and a number of Europeans on a similar charge were fined £1 each. Senior-Sergeant Scott mentioned that the wives complained bitterly that money was going to pakapoo instead of the home. As an indication of the extent of pakapoo business, he added that during the fortnight that some of the pakapoo houses were closed down following police action, the hotel takings in the neighbourhood had risen by £2O.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19331006.2.80
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 22139, 6 October 1933, Page 7
Word Count
136GAMING HOUSES Southland Times, Issue 22139, 6 October 1933, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in