SAVING MEN FROM THEMSELVES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1928, Page 6

SAVING MEN FROM THEMSELVES

(To the Editor.)

I have noticed various letters appearing « your columns attacking the Gaming Act. Til authors are abusing the righteous peoria are responsible for its existence. Thev a*. —* •H~r U> realise th.t them from themselves. The racegoer, of t2 community are unbalanced mentally Ji Z* really adult childreri who have to be treJ2 7t £,T .°u rae <lbci I ),ine *« their own»2 If half the money spent on gambling in Sew Zealand was devoted to foreign mi^ioin, '"fir r° ld ta Si^s:^ introduced among many idolaters. of the average working man would be —— than sufficient for his needs if he did waste his money in gambling. It was to note that the local Labour members, Ifa*? Parry and Lee, recognised this and vat*.l against Sir George Hunter's attempt to puwS the dividends paid by the totalisatorTh. objection taken by so manv people to til recent prosecution of a racing actuary fZ selling past statistics is apparently baaed n the fact that it enables the gambler to money off the totalisator. These winninsscßa only be termed tainted monev and should mat be looked for. In addition, it'is likely to draw workers away from their honest tod and m«V. them discontented with their lot It HmM be much better if the "Turf Register" mndaß racing news were suppressed in the papen as the reports inflame the weak-minded ' cause them to neglect the duties which tkir employers pay them to undertake. Fortunately Parliament has a strong leaves of righteous men and if any alteration is mads in the Gaming Act it will be in the diroctioa of pta.-ing further restrictions on racing. CALvnasT.