SPORT AND THE CHURCHES.
AUCKLAND MINISTERS’ ASSOCIATION. A STRONG MANIFESTO. (Per Press Association.! Auckland, November 13. A manifesto has been issued by the Auckland Ministers’ Association, dealing with the objects of the New Zealand Sport's Protection League and was read in all Protestant churches on Sunday. The manifesto states that thp League is fighting for the restitution of bookmakers, the extension of the curse of the totalisator and betting, and the multiplication of ruling days. ft would go even further, and extend “tote” permits to coursing matches. The manifesto adds; “Football, cricket, hockey, golf, and other amateur sports might easily follow in this extension.” The manifesto appeals to church people to vote only for Parliamentary candidates who give definite and satisfactory answers on such subjects as the abolition of betting and gambling, the maintaining of Sunday as the day of rest and the prohibition of prize lights.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 77, 13 November 1911, Page 6
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