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Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1927, Page 18

Bran tub dips of all sizes aud descriptions have been branded an illegal gain* of chance by the heads of the Gisborne police, states an exchange, and it <a authoritatively stated that prosecution will follow for any person or organisation found conducting “dips.” Although various organisations have been running “bran tubs” for years in thia centre, this is the first occasion on which police officials have declared them illegal within the meaning of the provisions of the Act pertaining to lotteries. Trouble first arose a week or so ago, when one of the queen carnival committees was conducting a big “bran tub” at a street corner in town, and was warned by the police, and again at the Show several sideshows were instructed by the police to stop bran tub dipping.