THEN—AND NOW.
"Horse-tracing," remarked Sir John Findlay in the Legislative Council last year, "as one or the chief'demoralising sources of the people of the Dominion." Though ( hardly expressed .with the clearness of some of his epigpamfc in "Humlbugs and Homilies," Sir John's meaning wa.„> tolerably plain. It is wonderful, however, how a e/bange of air> can affect a change of views. (At PameJl, the other night (says the Ohriatclnirch. Press) the Attorney-General, replying to questions, put to ihim by the Sjports Protection- Association, promised to ■ "protect a3l legitimate sports, pastimes, and amusements," and to oppose the taking of a referendum i\s, to tihe retention of the '.totalisator. In his opinion: the totalis-' ator, so long «si it w«s under proper regulation, ought not to be abolislhr etfj"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 4
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127THEN—AND NOW. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10474, 10 November 1911, Page 4
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