SPORTING.
——- ■ <; ,' •TOTALISATOR WANTED HI ' AUSTRALIA. Australia:n-N.Z. Cable Association'. Melbourne, August 8. At the annual meeting of the Victoria Racing Club, the President moved to have the Gaming Act amended so as to permit of the establishment of the f talisator. He made a lengthy comparison between the receipts of the V.R.C. and the Canterbury Club. The former, received :C14,(I00 from bookmakers' fees; the latter, through the totalisator, received sufficient to provide. £.17,840 in stakes, against the . Victorian Club's £72,340, while the population of Melbourne was ten times greater. The committee expressed sympathy with the Government's efforts to curtail racing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1916, Page 8
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99SPORTING. Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1916, Page 8
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