TWO HUNDRED ARRESTED
BETTING RAID AT RANDWICK
POLICEMEN IN TENNIS FLANNELS
SCENE ON FLAT ROOF OF HOTEL.
By Telegraph—Preas Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 19. Disguised in tennis flannels and blazers, police yesterday afternoon carried out one of the biggest betting raids in the history of the State at the Hotel Kensington, close to the Randwick racecourse. Two hundred men and women were arrested on the flat roof of the fourth storey. Twelve vans conveyed them to the police headquarters and four hours were occupied in charging them with being found without lawful excuse on premises used for betting. Seven others were charged with using the premises for betting.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1930, Page 11
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