THE TWIN EVILS.
BOOKMAKERS AND FIGHT PICTURES
Bv Tf'lea:raph.—Press Association. iPilmer«ton Xorth, Last Ni.sht. A meeting of Dr. Henry's united mission committee, to-night resolved to submit the following resolution to the various churches: —''That this congregation strongly urges the repeal of the provision made h the hw for licensing bookmakers, and (he enactment of such restrictive measures as will effectually check the spread of gambling." It was also resolved. "That inasmuch as the public exhibition of pictures portraying prize-fights and other subjects appeal to the lower instincts of the community, it is expedient that a measure should he passed bv Parliament prohibiting the display of such pictures in any public place." We further commend the action which the Premier has promised to take for the suppression of such displays/'
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19100716.2.42
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 16 July 1910, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
129THE TWIN EVILS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 83, 16 July 1910, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. 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 Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in