BETTING AND LOTTERIES.
BILL IN THE COMMONS. GAMBLING IN SPORT. ALLEGATIONS BY MEMBERS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Nov. 6, 2.30 p.m ) LONDON, Nov. 5. In the House <of Commons in committee on the Betting and Lotteries Bill, an amendment to restore the clause forbidding football pools and betting was strongly supported on the ground that this is a glaring social evil to which all football associations are opposed, that it led to gambling by boys and girls and was now creeping Into cricket. It was alleged that, pressure had been brought on the Government to drop the provision. Several Conservatives appealed for a free vote on the question. Sir John Gilmour, Minister for Home Affairs, ignored these and Intimated that the clause was withdrawn -owing to the strong difference in the standing committee.
The amendment was defeated without a division.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19407, 6 November 1934, Page 8
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