THE BOOKMAKER AND SPORT.
(SPICIAL TO "the press.") }VELI_IX(-TON\ November 21. During the course of his speech on Hie Gaming nnd Lot ter ies Bill, Mr Wilfor d said that evidence was given h»-
•Vvre the Committee on the Bill, that at a hunt club meeting in Canterbury C>o had been offered by the stewards to ■ bookmaker to come down and lay the Mlh. , Mr Witty: A\ nen was that.' Mr Wilford: The evidence was given !.ofore the Committee. Mr Witty: It must have boen twenty .•ears ago." Christchurch has not had a hunt club meeting tor two or three years. .Mr Wilford: A good job. too. (Laughter.) Mi Gray handed Mr Wilford a letter which the latter read as follows: — "Orari Sports Club. 27th April. 1007. The Secretary Bookmakers' Association, Christchurch. Dear Sir.—We are prepared to let you the.«© right of betling at our'forthcoming meeting on 9th May for £20, exclusive of gate entrance, amount to be paid before roces start. Kindly advi.se if you will accept these terms, and oblige, yours faithfully. E. O'Mallcy. secretary." Mr Witty: That's got nothing to do with the Hunt Club.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12968, 22 November 1907, Page 8
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