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N.S.AY. BETTING TAX
SEVERAL COUNTRY CLUBS TO CLOSE DOWN.
WHILST LANG GOVERNMENT IN -OFFICE.
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. (Received Jan. 5. IVp.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 5. The beltiim tax is so seriously’ at- . footing .attendances and the volume Y of betting that a minibei’ of country clubs in New South AValos have decided to abandon racing while the Lang- Government is in office. TH RE ATENED 1 lEPltl SAI-. Premier Lang "stated I bat he had noticed oonsidtfi’ahle propaganda against the betting tax and complaints of dwindling attendance at race meetings. This, he felt, was an argument in favor/of tbe curtailment of racing. He, therefore, would invito his colleagues to agree to a reduction of meetings in the metropolitan area, which, possibly, would lead to better attendances at those which wore permitted.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11406, 6 January 1931, Page 5
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