TOTALISATOR COMMISSION
OPPOSED TO THE MACHINE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 13, 8.35 p.m. Sydney, May 13. At the Totalisator Commission Mr. Wools Rutledge, a Methodist Minister, stated that' he did not think that the totalisator improved the breed of horses. Even if it did, it would not breed a better class of men. It would make the State a participator in the vice of gambling, and there was also a, danger of sin increase in gambling, because it would give an air of respectability to the vice which it did not possess to-day. He knew of a Sunday school where Tattersall's sweeps were subscribed for. John Whitworth and Thomas Cotter, two New Zealanders, favored the bookmakers, the latter because under the totalisator the punter bet in the dark. The totalisator, he said, also bred betting in shops at "tote" odds.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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140TOTALISATOR COMMISSION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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