SPORTS PROTECTION LEAGUE.
OPPOSITION BY THE CHURCHES.
; (Pμ Ujkwd Fun Assopttiioir.) AUCKLAND* November 13. - A m&niteeto iaued by the Auckland Minbteu , A«B(xiiation, dtaline Uμ ' objecU of the New Zealand Sporto Pro* , ' tection League, was read in all Q» Pro* tfetfiflt Churches on Sunday. The mani. fato itUtee that the league ie.fi e htbg for v the restitution o< the bookmaker, the ex- . tension of the cunse of tht totatisator and ' ■ betting, and multiplication of racing daye. Ilw league, it h riated, goes oven fur, thor, and/extends tote permits to coureirig matchee, The manifeeto adds:—" FooU V ' ball, cricket, hockey, golf, v and other v ' amateur sporU might eaatly follow in the <> extension/' An appeal is made todiurcb/'' ' people to vot« only • for parliamentary candidate* who give definite saiisfaciory .aiwwera on tho subjecie of.the abolition, of betting and gambling, maintaining Sun. '*. day as a day of rest, and Uw brohibitioai ',3 of prize fights. * . \,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15300, 14 November 1911, Page 5
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153SPORTS PROTECTION LEAGUE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 15300, 14 November 1911, Page 5
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