AUSTRALIAN NEWS
LEGALISING THE "TOTE" ADVERSE COMMENT'IN STATE ASSEMBLY. ' (By Tclcgraph-Presa Association-Copyright Sydney, December 13.' In tli© Assembly the Totalisator Bill was_ read a second time. Mr. A. G. James (Minister of Education) said that if the machines were,abused or badly run the Government would take control. He expected that the revenue would amount to £40,000. Mr. A. Bruntnell denounced the. Bill as an incubator for gambling. He said that in New Zealand the women almost rushed over one another in order to get money on. ITEMS IN BRIEF The Governor-General of Australia (Sir R. C. Munro-Ferguson) farewelled the first contingent of cadets from the Naval College cadets, who are proceeding to England to take up duty as midshipmen in tho British Fleet. The Legislative Council of Tasmania has passed the Anti-Shouting Bill.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2954, 14 December 1916, Page 6
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