“MORAL SLUMP” SEEN
Present-day Attitude To Gambling
PA WELLINGTON. Oct. 17. In the attitude toward gambling, the morals of the people had changed and the people were now in a moral slump, said Dr O. C. Mazengarb (Wellington) in the Legislative Council this afternoon speaking to the second reading debate on the Gaming Amendment Bill In the past the churches i*ed to lead the community in upholding moral standards, but now they seemed to be unable to do anything to stem the rising tide of gambling, he said. Gambling had come to be accepted as a part of the moral standard of the community. , ... “Is it a true and valid argument for the Bill that, in the referendum, the people voted in favour :of offcourse betting? ” asked Dr Mazengarb. “Is it a mere matter of_ the counting of heads when moral issues are at stake? ”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27523, 18 October 1950, Page 8
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