Canton, Sept. 17.
The wholesale closing of gatabling houses, the swift disappearance of all Kinds of gambling sets offered for sale, and a continuous exodus of gamblers to Macao, the Monte Carlo of the Far East, make a composite picture of the anti-gambling drive Tnunched on September 1 in the City of Rums. The vigour with which the Grivs Is being pushed fully demon-strafes the frm determination of the new Kwangtung authorities to stamp out the most deep-rooted evil in this city. A. petition from the professional gamblers, asking for a post onement of the date of enforcement fof the anti-combling measures, was ally rejected.
"The gay life hitherto witnessed at Honsm and Sumehun, the ganibling centres of Kwanglung, no. longer exists. All the gambling houses there. formerly flooded with pleasure-seekers day and night, now are quiet and empty, presenting a sharp contrast to their former glamour. The removal of all the colourful advertise ing placards flanking these completes the scene of desolation.
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