TOTALISATOR COMMISSION
THE BOOKMAKERS' TURNOVER. By Cable—Press Association—Convrifht. Sydney, .Yiay D. Giving evidence before the Totalisator Commission the manager for Oxenham, a well-known bookmaker, estimated the turnover of the bookmakers in New South Wales as nearly ten millions annually. He recommended a State _ controlled totalizator and the abolition of bookmakers. In reply to evidence to the effect that tho totalisator made men liars, the chairman read a telegram from a well-known Adelaide sportsman: "Impossible to make greater liars than at present."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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81TOTALISATOR COMMISSION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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