GAMBLING EVIL
PROTEST BY COUNCIL OP
CHURCHES
(United Press Association)
DUNEDIN, Aug, 17. The Council..of Churches discussed the question of gambling at its monthly meeting and carried the following resolution-: “That this Council of the Christian Churches of Dunedin, in view of the fact that a Gaming Act Amendment. Bilk No. 3, is being brought before Parliament, is convinced that every effort should be made by way of legislative enactment to restrict the gambling propensities of the community, and enters an emphatic protest against any proposal to increase the number of totalizator permits. It commends the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs for their endeavour to suppress the bookmaker, and urges that th© law against these tmen should be rigidly enforced. It appears to ad ’ ministers, ißdbfie-wdass leaders, and members of Parliament, and the press to use their-utmost influence'i f ; foster a healthy public opinion regarding the gambling £vil, which has in ever age proved a 'pernicious practice, degrading to the individual, wasteful to society, and injurious to the well-being of the State.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 19 August 1920, Page 5
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175GAMBLING EVIL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 19 August 1920, Page 5
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