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MID-WEEK RACING EDICT
(From; "Vedette.".)
SYDNEY,'IBth March,
-Nothing' further has-been- heard during the past week of the-proposed cur' tailment of racing by, the Lang Government. Probably the politicians have had weightier matters to consider. • It, is singular, however, ■ that while the amendment of the Betting and Gaining Act has been on the business paper of the House fbr weeks, no real' attempt has been made to bring down any Bill.' ,-. . ; -. '. ■•. ~ . .. ■.Similarly, the State : lottery, is still a Bill and not a name. . : ';It is said that nothing'mo're will be heard''either1 of 'restriction of racing or tho State lottery.-:,., - . . ... ■ / Spiteful people in the opposition camp allege that a contribution to the party funds from the.proprietary racing clubs and. from a certain consultation in Tasmania', have' been the cause .of this effect.' . ...-..' .'•'•■..'■■, ' ■. ..' ;'. ■" .
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 11
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