THE GAMBLING SPIRIT.
(P*B PnrRS AsgnriATiriK.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 5
In clinrginp tho Grand Jury in tho Supreme Court to-day. the Chief Justice, referring to charges of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers, said that, although an interesting case, it was disgraceful that such a case should come before the Court. It opened up the question whether they, as citizens, were going to permit a continuation of gambling in these times of strain and stress,. Tt was inconceivable that so much time and money should be wasted in gambling when every nation was engaged fn a struggle for life and existence, and when many homes were in mourning for the loss of'dear ones. It was a reflection on the Railway Department that its clerks should be engaged in Rambling instead ot attending to their public duties. It seemed that there must bo some lack of control if clubs were able to use a direct wire between Trentham and Wellington in order to transmit the results of horso races.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1013, 5 November 1917, Page 5
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