RAFFLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 August 1927, Page 8

RAFFLES.

FUTURE LICENSES. Discussing the question of alluvial gold raffles, the annual report of the Internal Affairs Department states that it was found that the requirement that full particulars should be shown on the tickets was insufficient, and the additional condition was imposed that all advertisements, circulars and propaganda must first be -submitted to the department for approval. Will these two safeguards it- was possible to see that, a fair statement of the position was placed before the public. Experience had .shown that raffles of'this nature were difficult to control, and endeavours were made in some instances to either evade tlie conditions laid down or to openly defy them. A number of successful prosecutions were undertaken, both for the sale of tickets after the authorised date and for breach of conditions of the license, and in two instances where agentsi had bro-adcasted tickets the controlling authorities were called upon to dispense with their services. The balance--sheets of the later gold raffles indicated a very different position from that pertaining to earlier ones. In cases where a profit was shown the amount was small in comparison with the gross takings, and in several instances a substantial loss resulted. All the license®, lor alluvial gold raffles have now been issued, and for the future licenses will be confined to paintings, drawings, sculpture, or other works of art- or literature.