RAIDS IN HAINTNG STREET
FINES IMPOSED FOR GAMBLING. SETON CHINESE, NINE EUROPEANS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Aug. 10. Following raids in Haining Street yesterday, seven Chinese and nine Europeans appeared in the Police Court to-day on Gaming Act • charges. Ah Tam, who pleaded guilty to using premises as a common gaming house, was fined £l5, in default "two months’ imprisonment. The other Chinese were each fined £2 for being unlawfully there. Way.. Chong, who admitted being the keeper of another gaming house, was fined £2O, in default two months. Ah Wong Wai, who admitted having on three occasions been fined £l5, £2O and £6O in connection with pakapoo on the same premises, was fined £5 for being there. One European was fined £3 and a number of others £2, and two were ordered to pay costs, 10s.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1932, Page 7
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