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Show Insurance Gambling. A system of gnmbllng In ships by persons who tako out policies ot In-surnnco In-surnnco on llrltlsh vessels In which they havo not tho slightest ownorshlp y has becomo so prevalent that tho government gov-ernment Is determined to suppress tho practice, if posslblo, and thus put n stop to a form ot speculation which, If not In Itself criminal. Is held to be conduclvo to criminality, Tho London board of trade has also taken up the matter nnd will bring nil tho pressure posslblo to bear In aid of tho efforts ot tho authorities, As a first stop, it has Invited a conferenco ot shipowners, shipown-ers, underwriters nnd others to consider con-sider tho mntter and to take such action ac-tion as may bo feasible. |