DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 August 1928, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

UNITED POLITICAL PARTY. (by Tele^ranli—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 1. Mr. Kenneth McLennan has been announced to contest the Wellington suburbs seat, and Councillor J olm ■Burns to contest the Wellington South seat in the .interest ol t.lie United Political Party.

THE GAMING BILL.

PAHIATUA, Aug. 1. At the. annual meeting of the Pahiatua Racing Chib, the president (Mr. Jos. MeCardle) drew -attention to the Gaining Bill brought down by the Government and its bearing on the bookmaker. Ho emphasised that it was through the totalisator that the club obtained its revenue andi fixed its stakes accordingly. It was ridiculous that such things as dividends' could not be published in the papers, as was done in other countries, for this- would be a benefit to the community at large. Every member of Parliament who voted against the Bill was really voting for the bookmaker. There was an unholv and foolish alliance between certain pepole- against gambling _of every description, but this section combined to defeat their own ends. He deemed the * Bill to be a sensible measure. As tilings .were, the. information suppressed from the Press was always obtainable now ftom theright sources, whereas it should he made open to the public. This absurdity should he abolished. It was a very vital matter as far as all the country clubs were concerned.