RELIEF FROM TAXES?

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19884, 13 May 1936, Page 13

RELIEF FROM TAXES?

PUTUII OF HORSE I-lAGING. OPINIONS 0F HON. P. C. WEBB. From the pnhllr sia‘cmcnt of the Hon. J. P. 11 “’9lin at ilm pI-Pscnia—-"on of the gnlrl Pup nimr ihn {thank plon Hark own! :1! llm llnwvrn races on Saturday It appears as llmugzll ilu‘ present. linhinol. may ~Hive rm'inAr vluhs and the Pllhlll‘ snnm relief from iim present lumilon in ”I“ near fulurr. ”Despile all ihnl you hear aboui dead ‘uns and ihnsn pooplc \\‘hn dcclaro loudly that ilmy can see ,jnrkeys pulling up horses in every I‘m‘c I can tell you that rarlng in New Zealand is a clean sport: it is 99 per cent clean." said Mr \\'nhb. The only way in which ihe sport could be kept clean was to offer hetier stakes to owners. and these would have the effect of giving trainers and Jockeys improved remuneration from percentages. the Minister continued. No sport had suffered more than racing Owing to the depression. and the only way ii. could be brought back to its own was by the reduction of the present burden of taxation. He hoped that clubs would receive some measure of assistance in this regard. The totallsnlnr was a solid source of revenue. which should be increased.

Speaking after 1133 had received the cup Mr 'l‘. A. Dunmn endorsed Mr Webb's statement regarding the cleanness of racing In Now Zealand. “Never in the \\'hnlp of my long ex—perience of the sport," he sald, “have I ever had arcnslon In dnuht the in—tegrity of any of my traiucrs or Jockeys.“