WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
GOVERNMENT AND GAMBLING. Tho speeches of ' the Ministers at the •; TattersallV Club ' ;will simply ! have: the effect: of giving ; gambling a pawerful advertisement, which is certainly not a development to be desiroa in New Zealand." Moreover, the gambling question is so clearly a political one- in the Dominion that even if Mr Carroll and .Mr Millar were acting in their private capacities the public are sure to give a political- significance 1 to their' action.- We have no doubt that from the point of view of the bookmakers : themselves ,the establishment of a'TattersalPs Club •will -prove highly -'beneficial, and -we dare say that a number of the racing clubs will be very glad to welcome the institution in the hope that' it will, relieve them of some of the responsibilities that the law' placed .upon them when it authorised the licensing of bookmakers.. But the sporting community might very -well have 'been left to carry through yesterday's function without' the assistance t>f the Acting Prime Minister .and. \bjs Jchaef '..colleague. — "iLiyfrtW--ton Times." ;
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3
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176WHAT THE PAPERS SAY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3
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