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Report of the Finance Committee recommending that the City Solicitor draft a By Law for the

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Unique IDA-00438470SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 16th May 1898 and 5th October 1898FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee recommending that the City Solicitor draft a By Law for the Suppression of Gambling in the Streets of the City. Appended: Letter from the Superintendent's Office, Police Department, Metropolitan District, Sydney noting that current laws only prohibit gambling and betting in the street if an instrument of gaming is used and suggesting that By Laws similar to those in operation in Newcastle NSW would be useful to police in suppressing street betting; Copy of Newcastle Municipality By Law - Betting in Streets as proclaimed in Government Gazette; Memo from Larkins, Superintendent's Office, West Maitland to Police Department, Sydney with report on recent prosecution for gambling using Newcastle's By Law and forwarding two newspaper clippings from the Newcastle Morning Herald on the test case brought by Inspector Lloyd, Inspector for the Borough of Newcastle, against Frank Mitchell, bookmaker, for having made a bet in Bolton Street with Constable Henry Roberts of Minmi (WH Baker for Council and HL Whittell, West Maitland for defendant); Newspaper clippings; Memo from GC Waldron, City Solicitor, advising on powers of Sydney Council to make By Laws preventing betting in the streets.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Report of the Finance Committee recommending that the City Solicitor draft a By Law for the