SALVATION ARMY'S VIEW
Members of the.Royal Commission:on Lotteries and Betting that has recently been sitting in England must have received many more surprises than they expected, tor much remarkable ' evidence was at times forthcoming in: unexpected places. At one sitting during September, Commissioner David Lamb, of,-the-Salvation Arm^'- it oW.^the iCommission-aat : he would .allow. Letting •;on'.horse's' on .the course, 1 but not on greyhounds .on the tracks, .for no economic value, attached to speedy dogs.. ,-. ■' ~..- . ~, : ; .~ ■''■■'■'■ ':,"T should.hate, to ; think::that without betting we should have no'horse-racing because there is an economic value :in swift.horses," he-added.--;.,-<,'• ;;1-: .■Among the persons sheltering'in Salvation Army institutes/ he stated," less than op.-per cent, engaged id gambling.- Sixtyone per cent, of these gambled on horses, 22;..pn cards, .6 on; football, :4;,oii dogs,: 3 on pitch'and. toss, and i dn'crown. and anchor and sweeps. ■ ■ ' . , --, -' • A great many more people came to very serious, damage-from gambling'on cards' and, games .than on a .racecourse, btif.it was impossible'to pursue inquiries on'ttiat point m detail. V- . . . ..
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 125, 23 November 1932, Page 4
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164SALVATION ARMY'S VIEW Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 125, 23 November 1932, Page 4
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