THE TOTALISATOR.
PROTEST AGAINST INCREASED
PERMITS
(By TtUgrjiph.-'Prett Auociation.) CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night.
At the Presbyterian Assembly today. the Rev. John Mackenzie moved, "That the General Assembly regards with alarm the enormous increase in gambling resulting from the use of the totalisator, and protests against the multiplication of racing permits proposed by Mr Hunter's Bill, which recently passed its second reading in Parliament, and that in view of the serious .menace to the moral standards . of the nation, threatened by the spread of the gambling spirit, the Assembly calls upon the Christian people of the Dominion to resist steadfastly any attempt to give greater facilities for the use of the totalisator, and urges Parliament to reject any such proposal should it be made next session, and further that a copy of this resolution bo forwarded to the Prime Minister, and all members of Parliament." The resolution was adopted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 5
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147THE TOTALISATOR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 5
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