AN IMPUDENT BOOKMAKER.
FLASHES Hl3 MONEY BEFORE MR BENT. By telegrapp. Press Aas'n, Copyright Melbourno, Fob. 16. John Wren, lho bookmaker tvho has boon in ooniliot with tbo Victorian Raoing Club, whioh refused tho nomination of his horses, has written to the Premier offering to rent the Flemington rnoeoonrso for *225,000 a year, paying two years’ rent down. Ho undertakes to give at least two raoe meetings a year foi oharitablo purposes, and to inoroaso the stakes for nil events, making the Melbourno Cup *210,000. He will oonservo the rights of members, and pay wages 4s a day more than are paid by the Violorian Raoing Club. The Premier has not yet replied to the oommnnioatioD.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1676, 17 February 1906, Page 3
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116AN IMPUDENT BOOKMAKER. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1676, 17 February 1906, Page 3
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