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GARIBLING AT COOEE CITY Perth, Nov.' $1. During the week the Y.A.L. have bteeo conducting Coo-oe City at Carnival Square for the purpose of securing funds to pay off a debt on I their, now building. : Considerable i indignation was manifested in vari ous quarters when it bicame known that,. notwithstanding the promise of the Premier, Mr. Collier, a few months ago that gambling wo~ld be absolutely prohibited at all such en= tertainments in future, gambling .e vices were being used aý usuial at Cooee City. As a result of represen tations to the Minister for Justice it was stated .that some of the de= vices used were' being run unde-r misapprehension and that. instruc. tions had been given for the abso lute suspension of all games similar to "sweat" wheels.