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WHITE GIRL.

In "Pak-a-Pu" Den.

Police, who yesterday raided a suspected "Pak-aPu" den, were surprised to find an attractive young white girl "marking a ticket."

she was fashionably dressed, and appeared to

have some knowledge of how the lottery is

conducted.

Two white men were also on the premises. The girl, the white men, and a Chinese were arrested, and a number of squares of rice paper covered with strange Oriental signs were

seized.

The police raiding party comprised Ser- geants Small and Fagan, and Constables Wallace and Kelloway.

Inquiries last night revealed that "Pak-a- Pu" lotteries were becoming very populor. The "joints." or branch houses, are dotted all over the city and suburbs, pnd a "card" or ticket can be marked for as little as Cd. If the card is marked correctly, the purchaser of a sixpenny ticket (so the promoters claim) can sometimes win hundreds of pounds.

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