attempts at getting up petitions against them proved utter failures,
and that every unofficial member of Council has from the first been in favor of the measure, with the exception of the Acting member Mr Parry, who expressed his opinion that inflicting imprisonment instead of fines would put down illegal gambling, and that in any case Government should take no action.
Mr ... made no reply to these observations in Council because Mr ... , the ... Member, there being might have appeared in reminding him that illegal gambling has long been one of the ... severity of the penalties for ... and at this moment some Gamblers very lately at least were in ... the policy of non-interference with practices that lead to the corruption of the Police and which foster secret crimes and lead to open violence against persons and property, ...