CHARITY LOTTERIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7

CHARITY LOTTERIES.

TO CEASE IN FRANCE—A FINAL SOP. Illy; Tclaeraph.-rrcsa Aiaoclatlon.-Cnpj'rlehl.l Paris, Septoraber 21. In- consequoncs of tbo decision of the exiPrpiriior,' M.'.Clcmcnceau, to. grant no. mora authorisations .for public ■. cxcopt municipal, bonds. and credit . foncier l ■ issues ;(advances on real estate), ; the.Premier.'• (M. Briand) proposes a;. gigantic final/lottery,.tln> of which iyill-bo divided ■ among twenty-seven charities which iu : the past, 'have..been, accustomed to /obtain authorisations. ■■- Tho, final lottery, will consist of; 2,150,000 pickets at 20 francs each (ile;, .something over ;i'ss." each, totalling near £1,700,000), and: it '13 calculated that; after paying six. prizes of ; £40,000 -and expenses,' tho net proceeds, will .bo £1,244,000, 'whicli will' be divided among tho charities referred to. . V . HOW THE LAW HAS BEEN OVERRIDDEN. ■ 'Lotteries arc . already, /forbidden by. tbo. '.Pronely law, ■ but. they may be authorised 1 by •the Government : :in';ordor to encouragft art'or with aVphilonthropie object. It. has; beea argued .that :authorisatioas.' have been' too' freely, granted. v.''v I ''. ■• ■ •' In (' reply,:, Promier ' Cleriienceau ,told .tho Chamber of' Deputies that he would ftiadly 'accept'n.'legal ■ maximum . perhiitting him to : rofuse. authorisations,whioh it 'was often diffi • Cult: to. grant.',; He stated that during the last ! .three "or .four .years requests, for. tho authorisation of lotteries amounting to somo 'ICOO millions .of fraiics ! (j6W,(K)o,oo#) 'had boon' mado to. him, :and'. he .'had .■refused : 500 millions , (■£20,000,000) oft emission: ."If thoMinistrv oi the Interior, could bo rid of'.'the'authorisation pMottories, tho appointment of suh-prefccts .alld tho graht'of. decorations. I fdr.uiy pari ■ ?l 10 u)'l uot protest," said 51. Cleißenceau, amid the laughter of tho House. /- • • M. Clomenceau ~ lias gone out-of. office, but his successor is no' doubt, equally willing to deny .himself' an . embarrassing-privilege.- So the final lottery .is. to be organised as a sooth ; inj sop. > ■