EUCHRE TOURNAMENTS
SCHOOL FUNDS
BILL TO BE INTRODUCED
Provision for the legalisation of euchre and other card tournaments held for the purpose of raising funds for school! purposes is - contained in the School "Committees' Facilities Bill, notice of the introduction- of which was given in the House' of Representatives to-day by Mr. R. McKeen (Labour Wellington South). - j ■ The Bill makes it lawful for any school committee, home and school association; or parents' association,' upon receiving a permit from the Minister of Justice, to conduct such games as euchre, five-hundred, whist, cribbage, or bridge for the purpose of raising money.
; The provisions of the Gaming Act arc-not to apply to any game played under a permit from the Minister. It is understood that if. the measure passes the Lower House it will be taken up by the Government.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1932, Page 13
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138EUCHRE TOURNAMENTS Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1932, Page 13
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