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“ENGLISHMAN’S INHERITANCE. London, April 18. “Betting cannot be stopped. It is almost an Englishman’s inheritance,” said Lord Askwith when introducing to Sir William Joyneon-Hicks (Home Secretary) a deputation representing sporting and financial interests concerned with dogracing. The deputation was supporting Colonel Buchan’s bill to enable local authorities to license dog tracks. It was also claimed that dog-racing was the greatest cure for boredom, anti that the King of Spain had expressed the opinion that it was the greatest cure for anarchy and Communism. In reply Sir William Joynson-Hicks stated that some who believed in dog-racing “were animated by the roulette-board.” If that were true, he added, the Government, as custodians of the moral welfare of the nation, must take one view. If, however, they were convinced that it was a bonafide sport, like horse-racing, they would be compelled to regard it differently.—Sun Special
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Southland Times, Issue 20489, 17 May 1928, Page 5
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145ON BETTING Southland Times, Issue 20489, 17 May 1928, Page 5
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