AGAINST STATE LOTTERIES
"Are you in favour of sweepstakes?" was a question put to Mr. W. J. Gaudin, Independent candidate for Wellington East, at Melrose last night. "Like art unions," explained another voice.
"No, they're no good," answered the first questioner. • ' '
Mr. Gaudin said that he did not believe in gambling, though no doubt a little "flutter" did not hurt anybody, and seeing that money was going out of the country for that purpose we might as well keep it in. However, he would not favour a State lottery, as he did not believe in it. He considered it degrading, and thought that a State which had to find revenue by lotteries would never prosper. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 111, 6 November 1935, Page 14
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115AGAINST STATE LOTTERIES Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 111, 6 November 1935, Page 14
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