EXTERMINATING GAMBLING
CHINA REDUCING CRIME MOTIVES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Shanghai, July 5. Following the example of the authorities of the' international settlement, Shanghai is exterminating all unlicensed forms of organised gambling, in an effort to reduce the motives for crime. The French settlement authorities have announced a similar plan, and simultaneously raided several popular roulette establishments, arresting hundreds of various nationalities. Five similar establishments were recently closed, and the Mexican operators are at present undergoing trial in the Chinese Provisional Court.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1929, Page 10
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