THREAT OF BOYCOTT
ACTION BY BOOKMAKERS. ALLEGED UNFAIR TAXATION. CANNOT MAINTAIN -'TRAIN. Untied Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright SYDNEY, August 20. Bookmakers threaten to boycott a'l the metropolitan courses if the New South Wales Government refuses t<» afford relief from the incidence of the “ turnover tax of 1 per cent.,’’ which they declare will force them out of business. One bookmaker claims that he paid more than £3OOO to the Treasury last year in taxation. He says he cannot maintain the strain. A meeting is to be held on Monday of bookmaker members of Tattcr»a?ls and City Tattcrsalls Club to decide whether they will withdraw from all the courses until relief is granted.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 7
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112THREAT OF BOYCOTT Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 7
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