COLONIAL GAMBLING. ATTACK ON THE TOTALISATOR Wellington, May 17.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 265, 19 May 1888, Page 4

COLONIAL GAMBLING. ATTACK ON THE TOTALISATOR Wellington, May 17.

Foil sonic time past it has been expected j that an attack on the lotalisator would bo | made by its opponents, and thi.s was brought about rather suddenly yesterday afternoon, when the House, by a subblantia 1 innjoiity, allhmed that the machine should be continued, though theie was a general opinion that the jockey clubs, in charging 10 per cunt, on investments, were being paid an excessive amount. Mr Beotham, in moving "That in the opinion ot this House it ib deniable that the (Jovornment should introduce a meabure during the present session piovidin^ that a proportion of t ( ic earning.-* ot total isator and theatrical companies should bo by Acfc appropriated for the purposes of hospitals and chcuittiblo aid," said thai in Paris, where the totalisator was used, two pet- cent, wih collected for charitable- aid puipo^es. Seeing that £500,000 was, annually put tluough the niachincb in Now Zealand, a similar tax would produce o\er £10,000. On a division, the amendment abolishing the totalizator \v;h 10->L by 45 to 21. The following is thediviMonhbb:-- For abolishing totalizator: JNlcs&in liiuoe, Hodgkiiwju, Newman, Huston, Joyce, L'o'eoek, Cowan, Mackenzie (Clulha), Ross Fulton, Maichanl, Taylor, < .'oldie, Modrcgoi, Thomnbon (Auckland), Hamlin, MitchoNon, Tayloi, Jlobbs, Monk, Witliy, i\lov«. Against: Allen, Ballanco, Ban on, Beetn.iii!, Blake, Cadman, Can oil, Dodnon, Duucm, Ft'ldwick, Ki-her, Fish, Fitchett, Fia^er, (Jialiam, Hutchi«-on, 1/arcl, Jackson, Joneri, Kollj»y , Ken, Lanoe, L;n\iy, Le\i-tain, I.ougluey, Mill-, O'Uillaghan. O'Connor, Oiinond, I'tjruvon, I'cnjival, Reeve-. (Inangahau), Rhode-, Uichardsou (Kai-ipoi\ RichauKon (Matauri), Samuel, Hmill), Slow aid, Slow as t, Menteath, Taiuhang.i, T.innoi-, Tli "lni^on (Ma).-.dcn), Valont'iu, WhlUci. Mi Fuldwiek muvod as a fuither amendment, "That the tax on lhcatiical compatiicn be omitted," and tin-. Mi I>cetham accej>ied \i (Jovernment would agioo to bung in a -Bill dealing the question. Mi Jluichi^on .-aid it would be a lamentable spectacle if chautable aid was lobe djpjndent on the success or otherw ise of a aoe meeting. The wouls " theatrical companies'' were struck out on the \oices as the question amended h.l". about to 1)0 put. M. Taylor io--e appaicntly w ilh the expics-, object of talking out the debate, and thi» he sakfecdcil in doing, as Hie 5.30 p.m. adjournment wa- i cached zhoitl) afteiwaid-. ABOLITION OV TOTALLSATOU. Although the ]>ioposal to abolish the totalizator \m,-. defeated )o-teiday afternoon, it is intended to bung it up in another loim at a lutuie sitting. The CoNOU'ment aic now consideuug whct'itr they will intioduc 1 . a Bill to abolish the totalizator or re-stutt its u-jC, and it ib probable that the latUr coui^e *\ ill be decided unun. 'lhcy ha\e, howe\er, pioinised to an answer in a tew days. The opinion appeal to be gcnei vl amongst members w ho aio suppoi ting the u-e of the totalisatoi that the per centagi.' deducted from in\ostmenU, (.'.ten percent, on each i ace, i-. Loo huge at pie-onf, and &hould be ie (luce 1 to li\e per cent.