"STATE LOTTERIES"
It is contended by "Tired Tim" that the "State lotteries clumsily disguised as art unions" should be mended or ended by the present session of Parliament. Tne, writer holds that the public are not treated fairly in the amount allocated for prizes and that the profits are distributed by. the Government in a way which cannot be approved. "If a return were asked for in Parliament members would find that these so-called art unions are really a national whip round for our numerous agricultural and pastoral associations, with an occasional gratuity to sports and similar associations. ... ... Why should _ the farmers who are already helped so liberally in every direction out of the public purse be specially singled out for the reception of the lion's share of these illgotten State gains while acute distress is apparent on every side?" .
• [The correspondent apparently overlooks the fact that substantial sums have ; been allocated from the art unions for relief of distress.] ' '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 113, 9 November 1933, Page 13
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