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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25737, 24 February 1949, Page 6

SEEING BEYOND THE END OF ONE’S NOSE. To take the broad view of affairs is to take the only sensible view, and so it is with March 9 Off-Course Betting Proposal. . . . And dodging the issue won't help. Every New Zealander’s standard of living is vitally concerned. Now. at first glance, the provision for off-course betting seems quite reasonable, because it apparently hits at the bookie. But do realis? the full implications of the proposal. It hits not so much at the bookie, but at the homel Increased facilities for gambling increase gambling—and that’s not just a “bogy”—that's a fact. Should the proposal be carried, the gambling turnover will rocket, and the great majority of that extra money “sunk” will come from those '*’h-> c . afford it —from the wage-earner's pay envelope. That is the clear-cut issue

“Betting Shops” are a menace tp t’v» Community—thev Threaten our standard of living. Keep betting within bounds, and keen it on the racecourse. Make sure when vou vote on March 9 that you know exactly what you’re voting for. See beyond the end of your nose . . . vote against the nronosal. Cross nut the ton line. (Published bv authority of th° Joint Committee of Churches on the Gaming Referendum.) Advt.