TOTALISATOR INSPECTION
THE ALLEGATIONS OF DELAY. "lu reference to the statement made in a, report of the 'Chr.istchurch races on Thursday," said the Hon. G._A\..Eussell (Minister for Internal Affairs), to a remrter yi-sterday, "1 received a report from the totalizator inspector (Mr. Kelleher), who assures me that the .lnstrue-. tions given were literally carried out— namely, that no delay should be caused by. him in connection with the working of the totnlisator. Jiis duty being merelv ■to' check the calculations of the totalisator staff and sign a certificate that the final total shown on the totahsator was the. correct one according to the working, of the ' machine. • As; further ■flroof I may say that I have to-day received -the .following -telegram from Mr. T H Williams (vice-president of the Metropolitan Trotting ChibJi-'Arrange-ment with tlii. ch.b works eltoctually. No hitch of any kind/ AUy te Wd I)°'any suggestion that the departmental officer who carried out his duhes so satisfactorily with the Metropolitan Trottino ClnH on Wednesday should have c.nsed trouble atth? Canterbury Jockey Club's, meeting on Thursday is difficult to understand: I. shall watch.with interest the work-in? of the totahsator at .RiceaHon to-morrow, when the Canterj,' bury Jockey Club's meeting will wose. •
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 6
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201TOTALISATOR INSPECTION Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 6
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