BETS AS TEST OF TRUTH.
LORD NEWTON ON TIPSTERS' ADVERTISEMENTS. Lord Newton, speaking recently at a meeting at Manchester in support' of his Betting Inducements Bill, said he did not look upon betting as a. siiv. In the past he had betted—he had won, he had lost, and ho had been welshed. (Laughter.) Sometimes there was an advantage in betting. When ho was a boy they used to test a boy's credulity by asking him if he would Intel? his opiuioii, and sometimes they found that a boy who would take iiis dying oath about a thing would not bet about it, and so iu this way they tested bis truth. (Laughter.) His Bill did not affect racing at all. Tipsters' and bookmakers' advertisements wore another matter. Tipsters' advertisements were not only a fraud but an insult to one's common sense. Was it possible- to conceive- that tltero wore in existence- philanthropic beings desirous of giving power to acquire wealth beyond the dreams of avarice- to their fellow-creatures ?
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1923, 4 December 1913, Page 11
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168BETS AS TEST OF TRUTH. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1923, 4 December 1913, Page 11
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