THE BOOKMAKER AND SOCIETY.
A question occurs at tliis stage which mmht with advantage be consideied by Mr°Millar and Mr Carroll. It is this: How many of the fathers and mothers of this country would like to see their, sons entering this school to receive the lessons of graduation; how many would choose the occupation of bookmaker as a son’s calling in life? The answer is obvious. Not a fractional percentage. Why ? Because the bookmaker is an anti-social force who ministers to an indulgence which usually, becomes a vice, degrading the majority of its victims mentallv and impoverishing them all financially. “You cannot beat the bookmaker.” If you could the bookmaker could not live. The tact that ho does live and wax fat on unearned and often dishonest gains is a speaking commentary on the intelligence of the people who patronise aim • —“New Zealand Times.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2607, 15 September 1909, Page 7
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145THE BOOKMAKER AND SOCIETY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2607, 15 September 1909, Page 7
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