BETTING IN ENGLAND

Evening Star, Issue 19924, 21 July 1928, Page 4

BETTING IN ENGLAND

THE TOTALISATOR BILL DISCUSSION IN COMMONS. Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, LONDON, July 19. 11l the House of Commons, 011 the third reading of the Totalisator Bill j Mr Philip Snowden moved its rejection, stating that tho chief reason for its introduction was the failure of the Chancellor’s betting tax, which was-the most miserable and grotesque fiasco in the financial history of tho country. The Government nationalised betting yet opposed tho nationalisation of things fdr the public benefit. When the Government came to give a record to the electors it would be able to say, “ We have nationalised vice and made

the State nothing less than a, bookie’s tout.” Vii Mrs Runoiraan seconded the motion. The Government had shown itself entirely indifferent to moral issues, and the Bill was designed, to facilitate betting and make it a more agreeable occupation as well as- giving prestige to gambling.—Australian Press Association. BILL READ THIRD TIME. . LONDON, July 20. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, in reply to a question, said that ho had tried as Home Secretary to combat the evils of betting, and he did not believe that the totalisator would add thereto. Ho heli-yed that betting was inherent in human nature as well as in the Labour Party—(laughter)—but the' Government was not adding to tho evil connected with it. The motion was defeated by 218 to 122, and the Bill was road a third time.—Australian Press AssociationUnited Service.