MECHANICAL IMRES
AUSTRALIAN RACE MEETINGS
BETTING DECLARED ILLEGAL
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
SYDNEY, September 15. In tho test case in which a wellknown bookmaker was charged with betting at a mechanical bare racing meeting, tho magistrate imposed a penalty of £2O, ruling that mechanical racing was not a true coursing meeting at which the Betting Act permitted betting. Notice of appeal lias been lodged.
WIN FOR TREASURY,
£IO,OOO WEEKLY,
LONDON, September 15._ Tho Treasury is unexpectedly receiving about £IO,OOO weekly from tho bettirTg and entertainment taxes on dog racing.
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Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 5
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88MECHANICAL IMRES Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 5
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