GAMBLING LEGISLATION.
AYhatever one’s individual view of an attempt, with the help or hindrance of ‘hookies,’ to ‘get something for nothing,’ it would he invidous r.i the extreme to single out any one particular sport as a subject for general antigambling legislation. .Just as we protest against the absurd anomalies of the existing betting laws, especially as they affect the working classes in street-corner betting, and so on, so we should protest against the application of restrictions on gambling at dogracing meetings—and on them alone. It seems to us to he no worse and no better, to lay a ‘ fiver ’ on a horse at Epsom or Goodwood than it is to 1 follow your fancy ’ at the A\ bite City track. If betting is to be tackled it must lie tackled as a national and not a sectional question—as a whole and not as a part.”—London Daily Herald.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1928, Page 4
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148GAMBLING LEGISLATION. Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1928, Page 4
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