NO STATE LOTTERIES
MR. SAVAGE'S ASSURANCE
(By Telegraph.) (Special to tiie 'Evening Post.")
DUNEDIN, This Day,
"It is not the intention of the Governnlent to give any effect to such a proposal," is the definite reply of the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, to a letter recently sent to him by the Dunedin Presbytery asking if the Government was going to establish State lotteries. This letter was the outcome of a discussion by the Presbytery, followed by a resolution protesting against representations in certain quarters advocating the institution of lotteries.
"The Government has never considered the question of a State lottery." " said the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) today, in amplification of a statement that he made to the Dunedin Presbytery on this question. "We are not likely to consider it, as there are matters of such great importance in front of us. There are too many other bigger problems to be faced up to before thinking about establishing a State lottery." . ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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168NO STATE LOTTERIES Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 10
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