THE GAMI8NG ACT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 4 January 1911, Page 6

THE GAMIBNG ACT.

'iSi'r,— k pafagraphMh-.your.\issu6 of Friday last, stating that.the' Gaming Amend-ing-Act'of-'last session _ Would-,come into, force: -on: January '31','inst.,-. is .incorrect and. misleading. ': The'-'A'bt in question.is now" in-force.'- It-.'became' law when; the to it, which I understand was-:On. the, last day. of the sessionKDecembe"r ; 3). ; :A. provision in the Act" r aliows"'bb(ikmakers'.to,'be;licensed up to -January. 31,'. and (.another, provision rcfe'rs : t6"theircdnced number of, days-per annumTf foni ; -August'; I: next.-. .All. other 'provisions'-relating", to'-s'treet. betting-;,and the'con'du'ct.'of. race" meetings are; alreadym •force..: In'.-this respect it is;curious "to notice;.andLit;:is a. matter, for regret, that ■ the --Auckland' Racing' Club ..has- broken and-is-. defying-the 1aw....A section provides that'-.a -four-days' meeting.shall not extend beyond-cight-days. • 'Ihe present Auckland: meeting- is extending over ;nine da'y« ■:■" It'.is ■: a -pity' that the principal metropolitan club' 'of, the,. North ..Island should see- fit':tq\set th.e_.law, at .defiance;. an'd"-I' commend.' its action to • the Hon. Dr Findlay.'Miriister.of Justice; and the Hon • Mr. .Buddo,"Minister for Internal Affairs,iin'.theiiopetliat..some steps will .bo""!it'bii'ce'taken ''that-.-will cause the club in q'ueslio'n,'and'.Shy 'other tracing club;' fronvaghin -so: acting <.in defiance of the ■ law,' : It "would ; also ; be well to see that clubs' allow, ho; tinkering with the tota'lisator;-after the advertised time -of starting races.—l am, etc.; ' . ' . ,'■'■:>■ . ...FAIR PLAY.. : January 2,-1911. -