BRITISH BETTING TAX
| BAPTIST OPPOSITION (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association). I 'LONDON, April 25. The Baptist Union Assembly adopted a resolution protesting against the proposed betting tax. The veteran Dr. Clifford declared the proposals bad in ethics, and as bad for finance and as appropriate as a tax on opium or prostitutes, or a reversion to slavery. If bookmakers were given professional status, the door would be opened to hundreds of thousands more, which would seriously thr arteri public and industrial morality and home life.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 27 April 1923, Page 2
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