THE LOTTERY EVIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1922, Page 5

THE LOTTERY EVIL.

AUSTRALIAN PREVENTATIVE PROPOSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, August 31. In the Assembly, the Lotteries and Art Union Bill was read a second time by 43 votes to 26. In the Council the Eight Hours Bill was passed at the third reading. Sydney, August 31. In the Assembly the Lotteries and Art Union Bill was forced through committee before the House rose, the Government refusing to accept any amendment. Mr. Bavin said the law . was being amended to protect the public from the methods which had been adopted for the raising of money in connection with art unions and carnivals, which had bred a class of professional promoters who were no use to the community. The appetite for gambling which these methods promoted was growing by what it fed upon. The unfortunate part of the business was that those most attracted by the gambling element were children. There were numerous instances of carnivals where the expenses were far in excess of what the objects for which they were promoted rceived. In three instances the expenses were respectively £8666, £3552, £Bll. and the amounts handed over £1163, £ll, and £lO respectively.