GAMBLING.
TEMPTATION INCREASING. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, June 19. At a meeting arranged by the Council of Christian Congregations this afternoon, a petition against any increase in gambling facilities was presented to Mr. T. K. Sidey, M.P., for presentation to Parliament. The petition, to which the names of 211 representative professional and business men have been attached in two days, is the same as the one recently circulated in Christchurch.
Mrs. Leech, representing 16 women’s societies associated with the National Council of Women, said the women were solidly supporting the petition. Mr. Charles Todd, representing the signatories. Mr. Sidey and the Hon. G. M. Thomson expressed their sympathy with the petition and a desire to prevent the spread of gambling facilities.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 June 1924, Page 5
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121GAMBLING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 June 1924, Page 5
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