HAMILTON BOUNDARY BILL,

I The Borough of Hamilton- Boundary Bill passed through Committee, and was reported without amendment. • ':' :;1 "ai\. • /' GAMING AND LOTTERIES BILL,)"* AH i -Mr DiOE*'move'd the second feadihg^cf' tho Gaming and Lotteries Bill. „HH r ' ej" plained that it had originated, in the Upper House, and that efforts in the direction it aimed at had been made in the previous session. Representations had been made bjr Diiuedin* and other parts of thei coionjr in favour.of, the measure. He alludetlXto^ the bookihaking fraternity, whose pursuit., 'it was of importance should be put down.! The Bill provided that an instrument called' the' totalisator might be used under strict supervision., Art Onions were permitted 1 for the disposal of works of art. Mr Stewart suggested that the pro. ' hibitiou of juvenile performances might have been provided for in this BilL ..,„-,, ....,..._ : Mr Bastings supported the motion, and spoke of the tendency oh the part of the - youth of the colony to gamble,', and the necessity that existed for discouraging it. He attributed to racing sweeps ; a strong tendency to corrupt society, more especially the rising generation, and ho was glad to find their prohibition provided for. 7/ : Sir W. Pox admitted the necessity for the Bill, but regretted the compromise made in admitting the machine known as the*! totalisator. They wanted to remove the passion for gambling, and they could only do that, by effectually checking this as , >yell as ever/ other form of' gambling. './ " '.'.' '_■-.._ [ Mr Hursthouse resented the imputation') cast upon the youth of the colony, alleging that they were not by, any means so much addicted to gambling as those that came into I the colony from other places. Ho had no faith in the attempt to, make people moral by ' Act of Parliament. The only way to do .that-wasby education.
