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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7067, 29 July 1901, Page 3

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Wangantji, July 29. At a public meeting held here last night, it was resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting gambling is a growing evil, and -serjously detrimental to the moral and financial well-being of the people; That this meeting considers it most unrighteous on the part of theGovernment of the colony to legalise in any form such a national evil as gambling, and respectfully urges, the Government to pass the Bill for. the abolition of the totalisator introduced by Mr Ell; That a letter be sent to Mr Willis, M.H.R. for Wangan'ui, commending his action in supporting.the proposal to abolish the totalisator because it.is inconsistent on the part of the Legislature to make gambling illegal in one form and legalise it in another. ,

: ;. Haweba, July 29. The dates of the Egmont A. and P. Show have been fixed for the 27th and 28th November. • ■ :' ' ' '. "" "

* Haweba, July 29. The bodies of the victims of the Lizzie Bell wreck were interred at Pihama yesterday, the funeral cortege' being over a mile lon^ , _ ■ NfiisoN, July 29. •At tho ad]ourned meeting in connection with the proposed Fruit-growers' Union, it was reported that firms in Wellington and Wanganui have offered to act as agents for Nelson fruit and specialise it for sale with a view of improving, existing conditions. The Union expects to be in active operation during the coming season. Wellington, July 29. The Chief Justice, sitting in the Bankruptcy Court, suspended for four months the !| discharge of Elizabeth White Wortloy, boardinghouse-keeper, formerly of Hawera, and that of Hobert Hornblow, auctioneer, for one month.