THE BOOKMAKER.
It is said that in Aiucikland where the bookmakers do most congregate, tlie recent legislation Ims failed' to suppress the laying of the odds an.ffriat alt the last meeting quite a number of mctallicians plied an ilU^.l trade. It k sufcwestcd that a special i-rusade should 'bo uudertnlkeii so as to wipe out those who are anting in defiance of the law, but we qucK'aon whether such a mission would be successful. The bookmaker will only e^a*>e operations ■when peopla cease to bet with him. Ho may lx> wiped ofT the slate as far a>( the passingl <.! Icgisilaiion to suppress him is concerned, but that ho is now as extinct as the Dodo as some credulous social reformers would luiivo us believe 1, no one with any knowledge of the subject Trill even suggest. i
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 24 April 1911, Page 2
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137THE BOOKMAKER. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 24 April 1911, Page 2
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