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Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 22 July 1916 of The Register [Adelaide] est. 1901 The Register
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* Contents derived from the , 1916 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sporting Swindles, single work review
— Review of Jinker, the Grafter's Mate Con Drew , 1916 single work novel ;

'It should be impossible, of course, by any principle either of ethics or of sport, to sympathize with a bookmaker who takes cash bets while knowing well that he cannot pay out if the favourite wins. In the sympathy the reader does somehow feel with 'The Grafter' is the measure of Mr. Drew's success...'

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