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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2369, 27 January 1915, Page 7

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT -- e TOTALISATOR INVESTMENTS. (By Tele^ra-ph.—Presa 4 Association) Christchurch, January 26. An important judgment was delivered at Oxford by Mr. Bailey, S.M., "Bearing upon totalisator investments. The case was one in which William Fenwick sought to recover from Keith Giinn the sum of £26 95., alleging that lie gave Gunn £2 to invast on a horse at the New Brighton trots. The horso won, but Gunn only paid over the dividend on ono £l ticket, returning the remaining £1 to plaintiff. Defendant contended that the matter was to bo left to tho owner's discretion, and the latter had only invested £1. Mr. Bailey held that it was established that only £1 had been invested, and plaintiff could not succeed. He also held that as the transaction between plaintiff and defendant was illegal, plaintiff could not recover under Section 53 of the Gaming Act, 1908. The peculiar variety and wonderful beauty of- New Zealand's native bush is best seen on tho Wanganui River. On one of tho river-boats, gliding through an ever-changing panorama which presents some of tno world's most glorious scenery, you led that THIS is a/IvEMj holiday—as reeupcrativn as delightful. \&Ss OTUvmt \ 'SxvW \mWosAa.Ts, ot the Wanganui Kiver Serr/oe from A. Eatrick and Co., Wanganui; Cook's and Government Tourist Bureaux.—AAvt. The MaJiaWatn and West Coast Ram Fair will bo held at Foil ding on Thursday and Friday; February i and 5. M'Glasbans, Ltd., Tennyson Street, Napier, have an East Coast seaport hotel {or. sale,