RAFFLES AND AUCTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 6

RAFFLES AND AUCTIONS.

FOR PATRIOT!* Pn?PO?ES. (By Tdcßraph—ParliaraMiiarj- Reporter.) WELLINGTON. Tuesday. Some important alteration* to tho Gam inp Art. IIIOH. arc ].ropo«.-(l in a bill introduced by the Hon. (i V\". Russell. Inn uncond claiwr gives authority to dispose by way of rafflr, or real or personal proprrty for the benefit of tin , war funds, nntwithstandine anything t.i the con tray in thr pnnnpa.l Art or in any other law for the, time Ixunp in force reU-tinj; to gaming , and lotteries. The Minister for Internal Affairs has power to authori*«> any person or association to dispoee of real or personal prnpej-ty. but shall not imnp a licenec unless ho is fatisfiVd tliat the property to which il relate* bun been or in to ho donated as a gift for the purposes of a fund within the mean inp of the War Funds Art. 1015. If any dispute arise* ns to the amount tuat may he by way of expenses, the decision of the Minister shall be final, and conclusive. Patriotic carnivals are to he helpod by the Auction* Amendment Rill (Hon. G. VV. Ruaeell) under which any person (whether a licensed auctioneer or not I hj»;" »ell by auction any reaJ or personal propei ty provided the money is for the benefit of war funds. No person who 'a not a licensed auctioneer shall sell by auction under the proposed Act unless he ie specially authorised in v-ritinp to do so by a Btipcndiary magistrate or by any mayor of the city nr borough or the chairman of the county or town dis trict in which the sale is to take place, or by the society or trustees controlling Uie "war fond to which the proceeds of fWeale are to be raid.