THRILLS AND BOREDOM.
BISHOP AT DOG PACES. He had found the first few dog races very thrilling but after that the proceedings were the most boring imaginable, said the Bishop of Winchester (Dr Garbett,), in the House of Lords. He was speaking on the second reading of the Betting and Lotteries Bill, and mentioned that he had gone to greyhound races twice. Those present, he said, seemed only concerned with bookmakers, not the races as a spectacle. He regretted that the Bill did not deal with street betting, which was prevalent everywhere, despite its illegality. Lord Howe said that, although lie had never in his lifetime had a bet on a horse, a dog, a motor car, or anything else, he did not favour unreasonable restriction of the working man’s harmless pleasures.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 23 May 1934, Page 10
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132THRILLS AND BOREDOM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 23 May 1934, Page 10
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