GAME OF TWO-UP.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13645, 13 July 1908, Page 5

GAME OF TWO-UP.

\LLKGED'SCHOOL " IN~ TIMARU

RAID BY THE POLICE.

A number of persons who were alleged to be playing the> game of t\vo-up. received, a shock Jast. night, when the. police entered cert am •• premises and ,«ft«cl«d a capture of eight'ineii, ; including one man wlio is said to be the keeper of the house-. , ' From Nvliat our reporter gathered from the ; police the house, a one-roomed whare in L-e Cren's Terriice, on -the edge of the cliff overlooking the railway cutting and Carolina Bay, had been under surveillance fol' some months past, as it was suspected that gambling was going on within, its; walls. : v."

;, A warrant having been ..obtained a police ptety;'. consisting of Sergeant Bowman, C6nkables Efiryey, ' McCormick and MeLtatl'- raided the place at about 9.30 last, niglit. The only door was 'found to be locked so an 'etatry was through the r single, windowj ( which • was fastened. Constable .Harvey ■ pulfe.d down thte upp-r sash-and a,ssisf;ed by Const able McCormi ck scrambled through,' but in doing, so his leet, werit through'-; the glass and he sustained a- cut in one leg, while Constable McCormick, who followed and also gained an in this unconventional manner, clit.'otae of his hands rather badly.' Jiisj; .is I>hefirst-named'constable got inside one of the tempted to, throw l'im out,' but his plan was frustrated and seeing no hope of escape tile eight men submitted. The door Was then unlocked and Sergeant Bowman and Constable* .McLean %illte'd in. The names 'of the offenders (sorhe quite young men) against the law were taken; the money used for gambling with was collected and t-he party were ■cscor ted to the Police station. 'Thera "they were- all -bailed 'out 'on their own recognisances a.ncl will appear before- f;he Magistrate this morning. Several of those arrested are well-known residents of Tiroaru.