POSITION AT NEWCASTLE
The Newcastle Jockey Club, which suffered heavy loss due to the meagre, attendances owing to bad weather and: the high taxation, will not hold ■further meetings, until such time_ as,legislatioh is passed classifying the club as a.country one. .Such an action will reduce the admission tax. charges ranging from Is to 2s 2d'to the flat rate of 6d, says an Australian exchange. , The president of the committee (Mr. J. Cameron) stated the New Year's Day Meeting, which had proved successful in the past, would definitely not be held next year. He added that racing was doomed in the north unless Governmental action was taken in the direction already indicated.
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 20
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112POSITION AT NEWCASTLE Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 20
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