Lower Betting Age Move
"The Press” Special Seroiee WANGANUI A move to allow 18-yoar-olds to bot at taco meetings will be among tbe |tem> discussed at the biennial conference of New Zealand racing club secretaries at Dunedin on February 22 and 23. By law. persons under 21 yean are forbidden to bet on gallopers and trotters, but the possibilities of emending the Gaming Act will be discussed by the secretaries. The chairman for thia year’« conference, the first since the Wanganui gathering In 1969, will be the Wanganui Jockey Club
secretary (Mr g. F. Macdonald) Tb« 40 delegates from both islands will mainly confer op general racing administration but some broader themes are on the agenda. Mr Macdonald said These will include the reasons for delays in conference approval for various registrations. Tbe problems associated with multiple ownerships (up to 16 people may share In one horse), a revision in race book content, more race filming, the need for greater supervision of apprentice joekeys, problems associated with owners’ privileges, and means to boost race-day attendances.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31598, 8 February 1968, Page 4
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175Lower Betting Age Move Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31598, 8 February 1968, Page 4
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