LOST REVENUE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 April 1922, Page 2

LOST REVENUE

CAN- THE STATE AFFORD IT?

If the Government ean easily secure about T(a0,000 additional revenue per annum-without trouble and expense, and without directly taxing the community—why should they let the opportunity go* by This is what the sporting community of the Dominion is asking. The sum mentioned may he- obtained by licensing; the bookmidters, and thus allowing them to carry on their trade side by side with the totalizator. If one form of betting is legal, why not another? Gambling is not inade moral by making it a monopoly. / People will bet—especially the racegoing- public. They might as well bet in small amounts with the bookmakers as in larger sums with the totaiisator. The Racing Clubs will lose nothing, and the " State will secure a large amount of additional revenue. This proposal, which is sane and logical. deserves full enquiry by broadminded people. If you are convinced that something should he done to defeat, the “cranks’ ’and 1 puritanical folk—if you are a true sport—you will sign the petition which has been freely circulated and may be signed almost anywhere. Do not neglect this small action on behalf of sport and freedom.