THE GAMING ACT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10580, 8 October 1910, Page 3

THE GAMING ACT.

REV. J. J. NORTH DISSATISFIED

(Special to tho Mail.)

By Telegraph. Dunedin, October B.> ' Interviewed'.by-', a- Star reporter tho Key. J. J. North said the provisions of tho Gaming Bill represented a great deal less than the country.. asked for. The provisions'.agujnst street betting were as ineffective as.ever. What was wanted was-reasonable means of detection and' prevention, riot' siu increase of tho penalty. The police would find it impossible to secure convictions. The onus of proof ought,to bo placed on tho sharpers and racecourse habitues. A grave defect iiv the Bill was that tho bookmaker would still flourish exceedingly under the old conditions. To kill the bookmaker it was necessary to make his every public appearance a crime. The appointment'of a special commission to .arrange totalisator permits was very wise.