Disorderly Meeting to Protest Ai it Newest Sport London, Feb, 14.
Nine hundred delegates represent. ing religious and social welfare organizations attended a convention at the Church House at Westminster to-day to consider greyhound racing and betting, the Bishop of Lichfield presiding.
The Lord Mayor of Manchester was much heckled when he moved resolution to empower the local authorities to prevent disturbance of their amenities to the enrichment of greyhound-racing share. holders and book-makers, and calling upon the Government to make betting on greyhound tracks illegal. One interrupter shouted: "It is the working man's best and cheapest sport." The resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority, upon which uproar broke out. The chair. man threatened to call in the police to restore order and the disturbance subsided.
Other resolutions were adopted deploring the effect of greyhound betting on young people and asking the Government to receive a deputation—Reuter.
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