ART UNIONS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19204, 21 June 1924, Page 18

ART UNIONS.

NEW REGULATIONS. (From Otra Own Cobbespondent.) SYDNEY, June 12. If a man in Sydney bought all the art union tickets that are daily poked in front of him for a score of causes he would be in the poorhouse. The public has cheerfully stood the business until recent revelations have made it a bit shy of some of these enterprises which are boomed as these entemrises which are boomed as the magic door to wealth. The AttorneyGeneral has now announced regulations which promise to improve the position. Tne whole of the net proceeds of an art union, for instance, must under the new regulations be devoted to the object for which it is promoted. If the whole of the net proceeds is less than 40 per cent, of the gross proceeds, then in such cases 40 per cent, of the gross proceeds must be handed over to the object, and the promoter and the committee must undertake, if called upon, to enter into a bond to comply with this condition. There are other equally far-reaching provisions. Every person who buys a ticket, for instance, must be given an equal run for his money with other ticket-holders. Those conducting art. unions will have to enter into agreements for the proper conduct of these enterprises. Again, it is now unlawful for persons under 17 years of age to sell or purchase tickets, or to take any part in art unions. _lt is a sound proviso, if it ran he effectively observed. especially if it prevents youngsters from approaching all and sundry and waving in front of them tickets for the exercise of charity.