NEW SOUTH WALES LABOUR CONFERENCE
SUPPORTS THE; TOTALISATQR. (Psasa Association, —Copyeioht.) - . SYDNEY, April S. The Labour Conference discussed the Totalisator, Bill. Mr: Holman appealed to the Conference not to make it a plank in.the platform. He was opposed,to the totalizator; but'he' was prepared to allow a measure . to.be passed by ,Parliament giving racegoers r the opportunity oi, declaring. which . style of wagering they favoured.' He objected.to its being made the crowning triumph of the Labour movement, wliich should not teach the world the.spirit of chance> but the spirit' of justice. What a man earned, should be dependent upon his action and energy. Gambling was the enemy of society,, and should: not be/encouraged, but "should rather be put doivji. ■ The Conference resolved.'that any al-' teration'iri the system of betting should be by a nationalised tbtalisator owned and controlled by the State. t .... .: "^LJg=
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 April 1915, Page 2
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