The Archive · 1938

Gambling Prohibited In Nanking

Gambling in Nanking may only be conducted at home, the participants being limited to the members of the same family, according to an order issued by Mr. Hsu Chung-jen, direc-for of the Nanking Police Bureau, yesterday. The time limit for such gambling is midnight.

Public gambling is being strictly prohibited, according to the order.

Persons found gambling at public places, such as hotels, even: when they are members of one family, would be regarded as conducting public gambling and dealt with according to the law, the order warned.—Domel,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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