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CONSULTATION SWEEPS. A -BIG SCHEME. (Press Association.) WEI4/INGTON, May 11. What is alleged to be a form.of a New Zealand Tattersalll’s consultation is stated to have been unearthed hy the local detective staff, and it- is expeoted -that several persons will have to answer charges of being concerned in the selling of tickets purporting to -be of the kind mentioned. It. is stated that, the scheme was to have a big scope, extending from one end of -the Dominion to the other. Detective Cassells, who had the matter in hand (for some time -past, has succeeded- in obtaining evidence upon which .action is being token. It is understood that an alleged sweep was g ot up on .the Wanganui fcteeplechase, to lie run on May 23, and that the -prizes offered were as follows: First horse £750, second £3OO, third £IOO, other horses to divide £2OO, and the -balance of- cash prizes to be drawn pro rata, less 101 P er cent. It is stated that the proposition involved the issuing of 25,000 .tickets at- 2s each. -
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2188, 12 May 1908, Page 3
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181NIPPED IN THE BUD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2188, 12 May 1908, Page 3
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