Condensed Correspondence

NZ Truth, Issue 770, 7 August 1920, Page 3

Condensed Correspondence

Banishing the Bookies. "Punter" (Auckland), has some observations to make on the Gaming Act. Gambling will out, he ■ states, • and if the penalties m the Bill are put into operation it will most likely mean that £3,000,000 will leave the country annually for "Tatt's," instead of the £1,---000,000 which he estimates goes out m investments at present. "This money should be kept m the country and not driven away," states "Punter." "If racing is legitimate, then .why prohibit the publication of dividends? Open up the wires for betting an>d run the game on commonsense lines or blot it out,"