A POLICE COUP

ALLEGED GAMING-HOUSES RAIDED. CHINESE AND EUROPEANS IN COURT. Last evening a squad of police, :in charge of Detective Andrews, Senior- Sergeant Dew, Sergeants Scott and Cruickshanks, paid surprise visits to Haining and Taranaki streets, and apprehended no fewer than thirteen Chinese and Europeans, all of whom were taken into custody and charged with committing breaches of the Gaming Act. This morning seven Celestials, whose faces plainly indicated that they regarded their predicament in a more or less philosophic light, trooped into the Magistrate's Court and were charged with various offences. George Gee, George Wong, Sue Sin Shing, and Ah K.ee were each charged with being the occupiers of gaming-houses and commencing games of chance, while Wah Lee, Wong You, and Ah Wong were charged with being found in common gaming-houses. The premises in question are situated at 3, Haining-street, 41, Haining-street, 143, Taranaki-street, and 6, Haining-street respectively. The Chinese, all of whom were represented by Mr. H. F. O'Leary, were, on the application of Inspector Hendrey, remanded to 24th instant, bail being allowed.Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 43, 19 August 1916, Page 6