STRONGLY CONDEMNED
AH Forms Of Gambling
SALVATION ARMY LEADER’S
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LONDON, Dec. 14
Excessive gambling had now succeeded excessive drinking as social evil No. 1, General Albert W. Orsborn, international leader of the Salvation Army, today told the Royal Commission on Betting. General Orsborn said that the Salvation Army had always regarded gambling as wrong in principle and harmful in practice. During the past six months the Army had conducted a nation-wide survey of the many current forms of gambling. The survey showed that gambling was responsible for some break-ups in family life, caused avoidable child neglect, and was a contributory factor in juvenile delinquency. General Orsborn said: "Evidence is regrettably abundant that gambling among the young often leads to stealing from homes and shops, even to house-breaking.” The Rev. John Bretherton, author of anti-betting books, submitted a memorandum which criticised newspapers for using their “ extensive clientele as a means of deriving an income from competitions.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27265, 16 December 1949, Page 7
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156STRONGLY CONDEMNED Otago Daily Times, Issue 27265, 16 December 1949, Page 7
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