ANTI-GAMBLING.

White Ribbon, Volume 27, Issue 332, 18 April 1922, Page 19

ANTI-GAMBLING.

Supt.: Mis* Hen jerson. The only defln te work assigned to Union* thl* year n thl* department ha* been the protest* against the proposal to grant addltio al totalizator permit*. In matter* of this kind, where the I'nion a* a whole ha* a well defined polio. I* ought not to be necewsary to urge them to take aiiion, and YiiAny of our Union* are prompt to art a* soon a* they see the nets natty. There are a few. however, which take no action, even when urged to do mo. In view of the huge proportion* which thl* evil h;t* attained in our I>ominlon. our memhera should rniaa no opportunity of making their proteat against any attempt to Increase facilities for gambling. The only I'nion which report* any special work in thl* department l* Wanganui, which ha* mud* a protest against children beln»r allowed to take part In raffle* at public function*. The lark of literature for thl* depart inent ha* been a serious drawback, but there t* now in *tock an excellent pamphlet on the gambling question issu'd by the Council of Christian Con* g regal ion* of Christchurch.