“TOO MANY WOWSERS.”
; : ! ! J Per Press Association. —Copyright | I CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. « J “There are far too many ■ j ‘wowsers’ in New Zealand,” ex- J i claimed Mr W. P. Spencer at yes- j i terday’s meeting of the Canter- i [ bury Education Board, when a t * letter was received from the * I Methodist Synod, in which a pro- I J test was made against children ■ j being “taught gambling through j I raffles.” !
■ i J Support of the Methodist pro- i J test was completely lacking, sev- j ■ eral members smiling and remark- j 2 ing: “Two-up schools,” when the i J chairman, Mr J. W. Preen, read 2 ■ the heading, “Discouraging of ■ I Gambling in Schools” on the ■ ■ 9 R agenda paper. ■
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Northern Advocate, 18 December 1936, Page 4
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