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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43094, 18 May 1907, Page 4

The redoubtable Mr Ell, speaking in Clhrisixffiurdhi, said that it had been stated' thiat gambling could not be stopped, by legislation. On that point, however, he could quote the AttorneyGeneral of New , South Wales, who had informed him that, after the passing ‘of restrictive legislation, street betting had almost immediately ceased, and Was now a thing of the past. Gaming saloons had been closed, and in the Chinese quarter numbers of places had been shut up which had formerly been gambling dens. In regard to the totalisator, he thought that the present Parliament was more favourable to' the abolition of the totali-p.-itor than any-previous Parliament. Tf they could onlv get a straight-out vote at the instance of the Govern-r-entj the totabsaitor would be abolished < i.ext session. ■ u : ■ During the time the English i hSvcnted Goods Exhibit” was on v s e\v jii Dunedin it was visited bv’ 14--000 people. It has now. been taken tv Invercargill, and later on will be brought to Auckland, *