The Church and the Totalisator.
(Per Press Association). Melbourne, This Day. A deputation of owners and trainers of racehorses waited upon Dr Bevan, asking him in his capacity as President of the Council of the Churches to ukc his influence in obtaining the support of the ministers of the various denominations to legislation for the introduction of the totalisator. Dr Bevan replied the Council was opposed to the totalisator, but he expressed himself willing to_ use his influence in its favor if provision were made in the Bill to suppress all other kinds of gambling. The Bill, to his mind, did not go far enough. It aimed at purging the turf only ; he wanted a measure to purge the whole community^
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 10, 11 July 1895, Page 2
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121The Church and the Totalisator. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 10, 11 July 1895, Page 2
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