THE TOTE.
ITS DEMORALISING EFFECT.
(Per.? Press Association.) Auckland, last night,
Some pointed remarks on the totalisetor were made at the Police Ooutt by Me C. C. Kettle, S.M, A youth had been re minded, on a oharge of stealing money from his employer, in order to receive the probat on officer’s report. The report was not favorable, aod stated among other things tbst tbe youth frequented raoeoourses. Mr Kettle, who had frequently spoken agaiusi the attendance of boys aod youths at raoecourses, s'a’ed that in his opinion tbe totalieator should never hive been legalised by the State The maohine was a great temptation to men and yonths, and sinoe it had been introduced it had demoralised the youth of the colony. He also said de'ibf rately that the remarks uttered by some members of tbe House when the totaliaa’or was legalised had been borne out. The detrimental effects of tbe maohine were beiDg fully realised in this colony.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19060501.2.38
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 3
Word Count
159THE TOTE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in