MACHINE BETTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 378, 12 June 1928, Page 10

MACHINE BETTING

TOTALISATOR BILL

CONTROL BOARD AT HOME ' Amendments which if accepted will | have the effect of completely remodei- ; ling the scheme of the Totalisator .Bill ! nave been tabled by its promoters for i the committee stage, which will begin j probably next week, writes a London j correspondent, under date of April 27. j From a small measure containing a j single operative clause, it will blossom into a Bill of three clauses, and a | schedule of considerable magnitude. The new proposals do not touch the ' principle of the Bill, but they set up i a racecourse betting control boaru, , with statutory powers to regulate all | questions connected with the totalisa- ! tor; enable a totalisator to be set up 1 on courses other than those under the ; control of the Jockey Club and the i National Hunt Committee j The board will consist of eight meinI bers. It will fix the salary of the chairJ man, issue or revoke certificates ap- ! proving grounds, operate totalisators, I and establish and administer the totalisator fund. The control board is to be a body corporate, consisting of a chairman and j seven members, the chairman to be | appointed by the Minister of Agriculture from panels submitted by the j Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee, the persons suggested not to be members of either body. The other members are to be appointed as follows: By the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, one; by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, one; by the Jockey Club, two; by the National Hunt Committee, two; by the Racecourse Association, Ltd., one. The chairman may be paid a salary, to be fixed by the board. Full Power This body will have power to issue or revoke certificates approving racecourses under conditions to be imposed on the certificate; to operate and authorise the operation of totalisators; to make arrangements for the use of the whole or part of the proceeds or profits on the operation of the totalisator; to make by-laws regulating agd controlling betting; and to establish and administer the totalisator fund. From this fund is to be paid the duties, taxes, rates, and charges levied on the operation of the totalisator, the interest on borrowed moneys, and the working expenses of the board. The residue, after provision for a reserve fund, is to be paid to the Jockey Club, the National Hunt Committee, and any other approved association connected with rorse-racing for any scheme conducive to the improvement of breeds of horses or the sport of horse-racing, or to some charitable purpose selected by the board.

Returned to Headquarters Looking a trifle robust the two-year-old filly Avon Court has resumed work at Ellerslie. after several weeks of walking exercise. Owing to not being required to race until th e spring the daughter of Lucullus will be confined to easy tasks for some time yet.