Farmers Don't Want State Lotteries
A brief debate on the institution of state lotteries to finance hospital expen-; diture, provided a light interlude in yesterday 's meeting „of the provincial executive of 'Man-awatu Federated Farmers. Several opinions that the lotteries would be of benefit to the coun°try were expressed and when a member ; asked how many at the meeting had in . their pospession tickets in an overseas ; consultation, almost half th© meeting raised their hands. When a remit from tlie Linton brancn "that in view of the steadily increasing btirden - of hospital levids, it be a reeommendation to Dominion executive that New" Zealand adopts a systerii of national lotteTies to finance hospital ex--penditure'," was put to tlljB meeting,;,it was defeated, narrowly. 1 X N - ( • . \
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 July 1949, Page 8
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