RAID ON WHARF.
ALLEGED GAMBLING SCHOOL. FIFTEEN MEN DETAINED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Saturday. A raid on an alleged Crown and Anchor and two-up school on the Central Wharf was carried out this morning by a large number of detectives. A crowd of 200 men scattered when the detectives jumped from three motor-cars and charged. Fifteen men were detained. A crowd of seamen on an overseas ship nearby jeered at the police.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20125, 22 February 1937, Page 9
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72RAID ON WHARF. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20125, 22 February 1937, Page 9
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