MINISTER INITIATED INTO TWO-UP
HIS VIEWS ABOUT HORSE-RACING Tho Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, president of tho Temperance Alliance, .when called) as a witness at the Sydney Central Police.Court to testify to a man's character, was asked whether ho believed that the man played two-up. "If you tell me he did play at the game, I would say that be was qualified for Randwick racecourse aJid other places where the Governor and'other eminently respectable people go," said Mr. Hammond, "and where gambling is indulged in without hindrance." "Do you know what I mean " said JProseeuting-Sergeant White. "Toss-ing-up pennies, called heading 'em, or two-up I"
"I kftow all about it!" said the minister with a smile; "I've been initiated. And I quite believe that the people who play two-up would object to being associated with people who .play bridge or go to Randwick racecourse, whero gambling reigns- supreme." , ' !" gasped the prosecuting sergeant. "Alter having been used to the fairness of two-up," continued Mr. Hammind, "I'm' not surprised at the twoup players being anainst the Randwick and drawing-room forms of gambling."
A substitute for radium named monothorium has been discovered by Dr. Moore, of tho U.S. Bureau of Mines. It is believed that tho new mineral will come into wide use. for luminous aeroplanes, dials,' compasses, and gunsights,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 6
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216MINISTER INITIATED INTO TWO-UP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 6
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