CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 141, 17 June 1941, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS

RACING A XJ> REVENUE (To the Editor) *«^ It is refreshing to read flat ftp chairman of the Canterbury Jockev Club considers it un:c to curtaifiS ing as a Avar effort. Racing provhfc an excuse for gambling (a Govern ment monopoly:, which gives tanSi revenue. Cigarettes, beer and W teries also provide revenue. Thett hours a week suspension is ifeine advocated by many responsible bb sons in many parts of New Zealand "Labour, men delight in, physics pain." Leisure encourages idleness and time for fomenting grievances as exemplified at the mines, wharves and freezing works. Forty fctursa week assisted France's downfall while Germany worked 24 hours a day. What is La tjour doing in New Zealand compared with honest labour in England or the boys at the front 1 Going to the races! There is a chance here for the Government to increase taxation by increasing the amusement tax to 20 per cent Such a tax would be a luxury tax which none would be compelled to pay ana would provide the Labour Govern ment with still more revenue whkh is sorely needed, without having to beg for it daily over the radio HARRISON.