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Pullman Herald
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
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Descriptive report on the prosperous conditions in Australia and New Zealand, noting well-fed populations, absence of poverty and slums, self-reliant spirit, and enthusiasm for sports like football, tennis, surf bathing, and horse racing with state-sanctioned gambling.
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In no part of the world is there a population apparently better fed and better provided with the ordinary necessaries of life than in Australia and New Zealand. There is an absence of indications of poverty, and in the cities slums are rare. On the streets there is a healthy, bustling population of a type more like the dwellers in the cities of the middle West than those of London or Liverpool. The visitor recognizes the self-reliant spirit of a people detached from the rest of the world who have their own problems to solve, and are peculiarly ready to accept innovations. There is a great fondness for sports, football, tennis, surf bathing, which is possible all the year round in portions of Australia, and, most of all, for horse racing, in connection with which there is a great amount of gambling, which the state sanctions by taking a certain percentage of the sales in the pool rooms. -Exchange.
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Australia And New Zealand
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The population in Australia and New Zealand is well-fed and provided with necessities, showing no signs of poverty with rare slums in cities. Streets feature a healthy, bustling populace resembling middle West US cities more than London or Liverpool. Visitors note a self-reliant spirit, readiness for innovations, and fondness for sports including football, tennis, year-round surf bathing in parts of Australia, and especially horse racing with extensive state-sanctioned gambling via pool room sales percentages.