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Post by NZBC on May 29, 2011 18:26:48 GMT 12
OPIUM AT MASTERTON
(By Telegraph.—Press Association;) * MASTEBTON, This Day.. Lo Sui, a Chinese fruiterer, was fined £35 this morning for having opium in his possession. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 8
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Post by NZBC on May 29, 2011 18:38:08 GMT 12
A GAMBLER.
DISGRACE TO HIS RACE,
(BY TELEGRAPH —P.< ■SS < SSOCIATION . WELLINGTON, June 29. At a meeting of creditors of Wang Joe Yin, a fruiterer, of Masterton, it was stated that the assets were -£163, and the liabilities £619. The examination of the bankrupt elicited that he was a -regular attender at race meetings, that he had done considerable betting in various parts of the Dominion, attending personally several meetings, and that his losses in backing horses.totalled £700. An indignant creditor said that bankrupt was a disgrace to the Chinese race. Bankrupt said he had nothing to It was resolved that bankrupt be prosecuted. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, 30 June 1922, Page 5
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