BOOKMAKERS AND POLITICS
SUSPENDS OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. February 28, 0.30 p.m.) London, February 27. The “Daily Telegraph’s” lobbyist states that the bookmakers’ organisation has decided to discontinue its opposition to Government candidates at the by-elections until Mr. Churchill announces his betting duty plans in the Budget. The suggestion is that the bookmakers’ campaign will make It difficult for Mr. Churchill to make concessions without appearing to capitulate to outside pressure.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 11
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