THE TOTALISATOR.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Rotorua, Yesterday, The New South Wales Totalisato* l Commission sat here to-day. ; .« , Mr. F. S. Wootton. butcher, of Christchurch, owner of trotting he did not bet, but favored' the to- i talisator before bookmakers.' The' revenue from the machine allotted clubs to ' " increase the stakes, which led to an i.m r( , j . proved breed of horses.' The machine' /■"' was a fairer medium of betting, nnd. ,".' made for cleaner, sport. Short e'vetfts ■ '■*,*; were run because the public. quicker and faster runs, not for the.puts,, jot pose of affording additional facijitieg for/ gambling. Trotting did not flottHfe*i\«2l without the totalisator.' flourished despite the law. Th 6 jri**;' 111 sport of trotting would not »ttra*nSpie who wanted the facility to tint 1 a-crown on. The second i sistcd the small owner Jay him for nearly getting -thege^.-jJi^S^M^
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 162, 8 January 1912, Page 5
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139THE TOTALISATOR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 162, 8 January 1912, Page 5
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