BETTING IN BRITAIN
PRIVATE PHONES TO 68 TOWNS BOOKIES’ HUGE ORDER TO POST OFFICE United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.*,•A.-/ (Received Oct. 26,-11 p.m.)l- - Oct. 26. . The increase -in the betting in' Britain is revealed in - the announcement that a West End firm of'book? makers requested thepost-'officeTto provide within six weeks, private;exclusive telephone lines to sixty-height towns, in England and Wales. The post office is charging £100,000; yearly, payable in . advance. .This* is the largest single order ever placed here.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10728, 27 October 1928, Page 5
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84BETTING IN BRITAIN Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10728, 27 October 1928, Page 5
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