SWEEPS AND LOTTERIES.
WILL THEY BE BTOPPED? QUESTION IN - COMMONS. COMPARISON WITH STOCKS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Dec. 8, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 7. In the House of Commons a member Inquired whether in view of the Government’s decision regarding discountenance of lotteries and sweepstakes, the Minister would include the proposed, betting legislation provision to withdraw the legal recognition of the stock exchange margin of debts. Sir John 1 Gilmour (Secretary of State for Home Affairs) said the Government had not reached a decision relating to lotteries and betting, and could not forecast the provisions of the bill. , The questioner: Are you aware that the amount of stock exchange gambling far exceeds investments on lotteries and sweepstakes? • Sir John Gilmour did not reply.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19124, 8 December 1933, Page 6
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