PRESS GALLERY NOTE BOOK.
THE BETTING EVIL.
[BY TELEGRAPH—PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT]
WELLINGTON, July 25. It is stated by the correspondent of the “Post” that a great deal of betting lias been done in connection with the Greys election. It appears to be a feature of elections on the West Coast. That it is a .bad feature goes without saving. For one thing it accentuated bitterness on the part of the defeated. The out and out partisan is a bad loser, and when he is hit not only in his partisanship but. in his pocket,'he becomes exasperated. Yesterday the Hannanites who lost money on the first ballot were looking for a recovery. Betting not only increases, had feeling at election time, hut has been known to win elections. Thev tell a tale on this Coast of a. man who offered fifty electors ' bets of £1 to nothing that a certain candidate —let us call him Smith —would be defeated. It is narrated that Smith won by a narrow margin.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3995, 28 July 1913, Page 5
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