Off-course Bets: P. and T. May Have a Say
WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. If the system of off-course betting. puts work through the Department, we will have something to say as to how it is applied, said Mr. F. J. Keating, vice-president of the N.ew Zealand -P. and T. Employees' Association, at a functioh last night. "We will be interested if it means robbing our men of pleasure to provide it for somebody else and we will not agree to it if the handling of betting involves a large increase in Saturday work." Mr. Keating commented that the name of the president of the P. and T. Employees' Association was not in the news as often as those of Messrs Hill and Barnes who, he said, spoke on behalf of an organisation of 18,000 men whose contiibution to the community was at times questionable. "Our president ean speak on behalf of an organisation whose contribution to the; public welfare is as good as any but which does its good work quietly." Not, added Mr. Keating, that it had not met with a few brickbats and they were hoping for early results regarding the trihunal now under discussion with the Government.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 September 1949, Page 5
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