The conditions prescribed in licenses granted by the Minister of Internal Affairs for the raffling of works of art make it- unlawful for children to sell tickets for any raffle,. A clause in the condition suites: ‘‘No hoy under the age of fourteen or gift under the ago of sixteen shall bo allowed to sell -or offer for sale tickets in any street, hotel, shop, office, factory, boardinghouse, place of entertainment, or any gathering of the public, or in any public place ; but Ibis condition does not apply to any such liov or girl residing in such hotel or boardinghouse in respect of sales therein respectively.” Recently a correspondent in a letter to the “Evening Post” complained that a college pupil was selling tickets at 3d. each for the raffling of a pair or slippers. From inquiries made it was ascertained that no liconsp would he issued to raffhv a pair of slippers, as articles of anpapol may not be raffled,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11494, 23 November 1931, Page 3
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161Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11494, 23 November 1931, Page 3
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