THE "TOTE" BILL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19357, 9 July 1928, Page 9

THE "TOTE" BILL.

STONEWALLED OUT. LABOUR OPPOSITION. (toitkd tbess associatios—bt zlectric TELEGRAPH—COPYBIGHT.) LONDON, July 6. In the House of Commons the last chance to-day of finishing the Totalisator Bill aa a private measure was successfully stonewalled by the Labour Party. Its fate now rests on the question whether the Government will make it an ofiicial measure before the recess. The Speaker at first rejected Mr MacDonald's question as to whether it could be proceeded with since it had been so materially altered since the second reading. Then the House by 144 votes to 104 rejected Mr Rhys Davies's amendment to recommit the Bill to a Select Committee. The next Labour amendment sought to place the totalisator in control of the Jockey Club or the National Hunt Committee instead of the Racecourse Betting Control Board. This was rejected with closure by 143 votes to 111. Mr Compton then moved the next stonewalling amendment, allowing the totalisator for any form of racing. This was rejected by 146 votes to 113, but the time had expired, and the debate was adjourned. —Australian Press Association, United Service.