THE GAMING BILL.
Several further amendments in the Gaming Amendment Bill have been given notice of in addition to those already published, and it is evident that the measure will have a lively time in committee. For instance, Mr Wright proposed that the grand total of investments in respect to any race shall be published In legible figures immediately after that race, and shall be prominently displayed alongside the totalisator, but shall be separate from aud not in any way connected with the working mechanism oi the totalisator.
Mr Pearce proposes an amendment that every person who makes a bet with a bookmaker as to the result of any race or sport is guilty of au offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
The member for Patea also proposes that every bookmaker shall be deemed to be au idle and disorderly person within the meaning of Section 49 of the Police Offences Act.
Mr Clark has given notice to move that in determining the clubs to which totalisator licenses shall be granted preference shall be given to those clubs which use the totalisator at only one meeting in any year.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 916, 10 November 1910, Page 2
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194THE GAMING BILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 916, 10 November 1910, Page 2
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