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YE GAME OF PAK-A-POO.
BIG SYNDICATE ALLEGED TO SUPPORT IT.
Addressing the Court during the police prosecution of certain Chinese on charges of being actively concerned in the game of pak-a-poo, Inspector Hendrey saidi that he had been informed that a wealthy syndicate of Chinese in Wellington paid one hundred of their countrymen £100 per year to run the pak-a-poo business. The wages and expenses etc., amounted to nearly £100,000 per year, while close on £30,000 per year found its way into the Chinese quarter of the town from Wellington citizens wlib indulged in the gambling. If the Chinese were convicted, the syndicate "higher up" stood bail for them during the hearing of the cases, paid a solicitor to appear for them, and, if necessary, found the money with ' which to pay the fines imposed. Ifi the men went to gaol they received , £2 per week while they were then?. He had been informed that twentyfour pak-a-poo "banks" were drawn in Wellington every day—twelve at night. None of the Europeans ever saw the drawing as it was done in secret. He described the proceedings as a swindle from start to finish. In conclusion, the Inspector ' said that something would have to be done to stop the evil, and something more would have to be done in the future. ' Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 3676, 27 September 1916, Page 2
BIG SYNDICATE ALLEGED TO SUPPORT IT.
Addressing the Court during the police prosecution of certain Chinese on charges of being actively concerned in the game of pak-a-poo, Inspector Hendrey saidi that he had been informed that a wealthy syndicate of Chinese in Wellington paid one hundred of their countrymen £100 per year to run the pak-a-poo business. The wages and expenses etc., amounted to nearly £100,000 per year, while close on £30,000 per year found its way into the Chinese quarter of the town from Wellington citizens wlib indulged in the gambling. If the Chinese were convicted, the syndicate "higher up" stood bail for them during the hearing of the cases, paid a solicitor to appear for them, and, if necessary, found the money with ' which to pay the fines imposed. Ifi the men went to gaol they received , £2 per week while they were then?. He had been informed that twentyfour pak-a-poo "banks" were drawn in Wellington every day—twelve at night. None of the Europeans ever saw the drawing as it was done in secret. He described the proceedings as a swindle from start to finish. In conclusion, the Inspector ' said that something would have to be done to stop the evil, and something more would have to be done in the future. ' Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVII, Issue 3676, 27 September 1916, Page 2