Negotiations for the purchase of the latest totalisator equipment have been in progress between the Canterbury Jockey Club and the Australian agents for the machine for some months pas,., and at the Invitation of (lie club. Mr. L. Raymond, manager and secretary of Automatic Totalizators, Ltd., Sydney, made a special visit to Christchurch and had a long conference with the committee of the club on Friday At the conclusion it was announced that the committee bail decided to enter int.i a contract with the Sydney company io purchase a complete totalisator equip ment. This comprises a win and place machine with electrically controlled dividend indicators on the barometer system, at present manually controlled at Trentham. It was expected that tne new installation will bo completed in time for use at Hie Grand National meeting in August next.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 99, 21 January 1935, Page 14
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