STILL BUSY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 164, 13 July 1928, Page 8

STILL BUSY.

NEW ZEALAND'S BOOKMAKERS

RACING CONFERENCE REPORT.

BAN ON BROADCASTING.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, this day,

In a report to the Racing Conference to-day, the committee said totalisator investments still showed a shrinkage, but if rumour was correct there had been no diminufion in the turnover of the bookmakers, the activities of whom were still evident. The closing times of totalisators might be much uiore rigorously adhered to. The conference decided not to permit the broadcasting of races from courses. The chief racecourse inspector said broadcasting tended to create interest, which led to betting in places and under 1 circumstances which were forbidden by law.

The committee reported that owing to heavy and seemingly undue taxation, clubs were still suffering financially, and it would appear that many of the country clubs would shortly be out of commission. This was a subject that required the serious attention of both the conference and the Government. The amalgamation of some of the smaller clubs might relieve the situation to some extent, and incidentally improve the quality of the racing.