Chinese Gamblers
TO PAY NEARLY £BOO IN FINES. Per Press Association WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. Fines totalling £791 were imposed by the Magistrate, Mr Page, to-day on the men arrested in yesterday’s pakapoo raid. On charges of keeping a common gaming house, fifteen Chinese were each fined £SO, in default three months’ imprisonment. Several Chinese found without lawful excuse in a common gaming house were each fined £3, and a number of Europeans on a similar charge were fined £5 each. Senior-Sergeant Scott mentioned that wives complained bitterly that money was going to pakapoo instead of to the home. As an indication of the extent of tho pakapoo business, he added that, during the fortnight that some of the pakapoo houses were closed down following police action, the hotel takings in the neighbourhood had risen by £2O, -‘-v,
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7280, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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137Chinese Gamblers Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7280, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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