STATE LOTTERY.
PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL. INCREASED FUNDS FOR CHARITIES. (By Standard.) As a means of increasing the national revenue, a Bill providing Tor the establishment of a State lottery is being introduced this session by Mr G. C. Black Independent member for Motueka. According to the provisions of the proposed legislation, formal notice of which was given to-day, the lottery ,wijl be conducted by the Government on the linos of a national sweepstake, anj the proceeds will go direct to the Consolidated Fund. The finance thus raised will he earmarked for charitable purposes, including expenditure on certain aspects of education, the relief of distress arising out of unemployment, and general indigent relief. Mr Black holds that a precedent for the inauguration of a State lottery can be found in the Government’s issue of permits for art unions and its taxation of the proceeds from them. In addition, he says, the time ,is overdue for staying the investment of New Zealand moneys in oversea lotteries and sweepstakes.
The view of the member for Motueka is that the people wall always try their .luck; therefore their investment should be to the benefit of their own country.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 73, 25 February 1932, Page 6
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194STATE LOTTERY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 73, 25 February 1932, Page 6
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