Belfast, Nov. 27.
The authorities in Northern Ireland. are taking steps to prohibit the sale of Trish sweepstake tickets in Ulster in accordance with the provisions of of the Betting and Lotteries Bill now before the House of Commons.
The police to-day stopped a motorcar at Banbridge and, on examining the contents of two trunks, found them to contain Irish sweepstake lokets with a face value of £60,000, 'The trunks were addressed to a town in England, whence the tickets were apparently' to have been sent to American and other foreign destinations.
Two men, who were in the car at the time, were arrested and, under questioning, admitted that the trunks were to be conveyed to England via Belfast Reuter.
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