THE TOTALISATOR : A DEFENCE.
By G. G. S. Most of the attacks so persistently made upon the totalisator come from people who know practically nothing of the matter Their persistency is generally the outcome either of interested motives or of narrowminded Pharisaism. In neither case, perhaps, is it of much use to argue with them. But when a broad-minded man of the world like Mr Seddon states in Parliament that he is opposed to the use of this automatic machine, it seems necessary to enlighten him and the public of the colony, and place them in possession of a few facts on the totalisator question. The friends and foes of the machine defend and attack it from many different points of view; it is discussed now as a fiscal now as a social question, and arguments are drawn alternately from political economy and moral philosophy. Let us examine the question from these different aspects in the cold light of practical fact, and first of
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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 38
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164THE TOTALISATOR: A DEFENCE. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 38
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