THE TOTALIS ATOR IN NEW ZEALAND.
Melbouknb, August 16,
Sir J. B. Patterson, in opposing the Totalisator Bill, said that in New Zealand and Tasmania the machine had drawn people who abhorred betting into gambling, aud ; there would be such an extension of the vice aa would amaze the people. He hoped the country would never have to depend, as proposed, for the support of charities upon a system which destroyed the fibre of the people, and taught them to rely upon chance for a living. Mr Madden opposed the Bill, because he" thought it would ruin the breeding of horses and encourage gambling. Mr Murray, the mover of the Bill, denied that the totalisator had become unpopular in New Zealand, and urged that the attempt made there to repeal the use of the machine was the outcome of its indiscriminate use, which admittedly required amendment. The petitions against the Bill included 49 from Presbyterian Churches. Mr Murray preeented 17 in favour of it.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 196, 17 August 1895, Page 5
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