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■r= ■ - ===== ===== • = — * , JUST0PENEDUP 29 Inch CREAM FUJI SILK : No. 5000 6/3 yard No. S.W. 550 ' - » / J 8/8 yard * '» J;«idHM.-coRRrs . [_ . — ; -y ■ y © • • LEStUSED 0FF-C0UR8E • % BEYTIXS WOULD NOT J • IK83EA8E GAMBLING. • - — Say Racing Authorities ® © , • The Scheme of legalised off-course betting recom- ^ mended by the Royal Commission to the Govern- " • n* Inent fof adoption would not increase gambling in ^ ^ . the event of it becQming law. - ™ © This Scheme provides for the establishment of total- Qf isator ofhces or agencies throughout the Dominion. All investments received from the public through ^ A these ofi'ces would be collated and transmitted to ^ the totalisator on the course. A Betting would be by cash only ; either in person or _ ; . w by telephone or post against cash deposit or winnings* ' ; _ Ample telephone facilities would be provided. There w would.be no credit betting — credit betting is the © . greatest curse of the present illegal system and © often encourages betting beyond a person 's means. © jjg»l If this proposal became law the illegal bookmaker a ' would be .substantially eliminated. The practice of ™ ^ ■' . . touts 'ioljciting bets in factories and offices would a cease, as would betting with young people under ™ a twenty-one. The present unrestricted wagering ^ | w would ;"be, checked. It foilows that under the w ^ Scheme betting would decrease rather than increase. ^ ! f 1. RUMEMBFR: , ® ^ The off-course investor woufd no longer be at the A mercy .of the illegal bookmaker, with his unfair © arbitrafy lifnits. ' He' would receive the full total- A £ isator odds as paid on the course. There would be > © no ekment of personal gain and all profits would go A back into the sport. The public would benefit . . © from improved -amenities. a With the abolition of the illegal bookmaker no-oners f. © , livelihood would depend on the result of a horse- © race ; there would, therefore, be no temptation to © '"Ti in|i|fef&wit|.'tLe normal running of the horses. 4$ i • . ..» [k v. t'v- , a • Fma3ly,jhe:re would be added respectfor the law. The ^ j " sefioiis" social danger of thousands of otherwise ^ | , ^ decenj, law-abiding citizens betting off-course with ^ w the bookmaker, and seeing nothing wrong in doing ® ^ so, would' be removed, because there would be an ^ w effective legal alternative. w ^ On Wednesday, gth March, .you will be asked to A vote on this vital issue — wliether we are to have , ^ open and honest off-course betting-, or, alternatively, £ whether the present illegal practice of underground betting with bookmakers, with all its attendant A evils, #is to continue." Every right-thinking citizen ^ gfa must, in all conscience, support law and order. You a will merely assist to perpetuate the present illegal ™ . system if you vote against the proposal because you a ^ object to gambling. As a large volume of off-course ™ |g. betting will always be inevitable the Racing and a ™ Trotting Conferences say "Let it be legally and ™ ^ properly controlled." ^ ^ STRIKE OUT THE BOTTOM LINE ^ Inserted by authority N.Z. Racing & Trotting Conferences. * | A BETTER SERVICE | ! • PUBLIC ADDRESS Sound Systems installed anywhere. I . I © NEVILLES DANCE BAND for Parties, Dances, Etc. j • NEVILLES STUDIOS, Adult and Child Portraiture. j | Eloiratry Weddings and "Photos at Home" a Speciality. I ! I M171/P I / Amalgamated \| jj Opp. Post Office, j 1 ll£s ¥ ILiiLjl^U ^Ex-servicemen/HQ. Levin. Phone 528. I

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