LOTTERIES BILL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 490, 31 August 1922, Page 5

LOTTERIES BILL.

SECOND READING CARRIED. Received August 31, 10.50 a.ra. SYDNEY, Aug. 31. In the Assembly the Lotteries and Art Union Bill was read the second time by 43 votes to 26.—Press Association. PROTECTING THE POLICE. EXPENSES OF CARNIVALS. Received August 31, 12.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Aug. 31. In iha Assembly the Lotteries and Art Union Bill was forced through committee before the House rose, the Government refusing to accept any amendments. Mr Bavin said the law was being amended to protect the public from methods which had been adopted for raising money m connection with art unions and carnivals, which bad bred a class of professional promoters who were no use to the community. Tiro appetite for gambling which these methods promoted was growing by what it fed upon. The unfortunate part of the business was that those most attracted by the gambling element were children. He quoted numerous instances of carnivals where the expenses were far in excess of what the objects for which they were promoted received. In three instances tho expenses were respectively £8666, £3552 and £Bll and the amounts handed over £1163, £ll and £lO respectively,—Press Association.