THE NATIONAL VICE.
Of the evil effects' of constant gambling on the moral fibre of the community there can be no question. If the racegoers would confine their investments to the half-crowns and crowns which seemed sufficient to give them “an-interest in a race” in the old days, perhaps no great harm -would be ' done, but it takes more money in these times to tickle their . sporting palates, and he is thought a poor soul who does not risk his pounds. Trotting is 'regarded' as the poor man’s sport, and the large increase in the investments at Addington suggests that the poor man is affected by the gambling mania more seriously than his richer brother. He will find the purchase of wisdom with his slender -income a very painful process.—“Lyttelton Times.” ' -il 1— , -■ ■■ A"
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2597, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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134THE NATIONAL VICE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2597, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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