The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, July 7, 1910. THE “BOOKIE.”
Thk annual report of the Police Force, presented to the House, states that there were 239 prosecutions, resulting in 208 convictions, during the year under the gaming laws, against 213 prosecutions and 184 convictions in 1908. The report adds : “The question of licensing bookmakers will have to be very seriously considered, and some restriction be placed upon the many undesirable characters who under the present law follow the profession of bookmaking.” The Government Bill which was foreshadowed in the Governor’s speech will provide for the licensing of bookmakers by the stipendiary magistrates. Although this would give the police an opportunity to pass out a number of undesirable “metallicians,” it does not go far enough. Mr Newman’s and Sir Wm. Steward’s private bills aim at abolishing the “bookie” altogether. The feeling among a majority of our legislators is also in this direction. Possibly the Government Bill will finally be amended in this direction. A big deputation will wait on the Prime Minister urging the abolition of the bookie on the nth inst.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 862, 7 July 1910, Page 2
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180The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, July 7, 1910. THE “BOOKIE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 862, 7 July 1910, Page 2
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