RACING PERMITS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIII, Issue XVIII, 3 August 1912, Page 6

RACING PERMITS.

30 YERKON REED'S BILL,

, ,;tß,y| TjELEG^AJHT^SpECiAii t0 Stab,.] '.*■■■•■■■. ' -/■■' -.WELLINGTON, 'Aug.' %■ ' . :v Keen interestjis being taken .by, a, largel section of the members, of,,Par Tll {liaineht un the Kacing AmendJmeiit,B;ill Wo bei brought down by Mr G. Hunter ' (\N;aipa-\va). ' -The Bill) is tiot yet grafted,: tijiii'a! committee of nine meimbers was yesterday appoihted to arrange the lines to Kh, adopted.."' There ivas a division pf, ■ b'l.mipn' whether an eifort'shfluld. ,be made; to' add extra days, for the benefit of'hunt clubs, country racing clubs,; and, trotting clabs,5 to the 250 days already allocated for racing in.the dqmihibn, or t>, attempt to obtain redistribution. I / J?fj?e committee iknet this morning aiid f d)^9usisedj the position,, when, -it .was ~agreed that-the Bill drafted. by Mr , lteed should be taken charge, of by Mr rltmter in'the. House... ; ; lii !the course of an .interview Mr -Re«l| stated that iis -Bill' provides/for, thirty additional racing : days, which aiHi "to be distributed 'amongst cbitntry racing clubs (17 days), hunt clubs 10 days), and trotting clubs (3 days).;. This . \y,(lL. bring the total racing days up to ;28p.for the twelve -months.. The distrir ,'butjpn of additional permits will only ( go to clubs holding one-day meetings, ,s.o til at extm racing cannot pc gained by 'tin?'metropolitan clubs, r aiid 'will re^1 "v-ve some of the clubs \viped out by th"/ feaci,ng Cominissipn. Besides amending the Act in ihe direction of aboli'shung bookmakersj t the Bill also makes ■pioyision for distiicts where development of population''has taken 'pla°e in i\escent years—for instance in the North Auckland peninsula,: where only one rirmit is held at Whangarei, while there ai'e none in the Kaipara and Bay 6:f Islands districts. Under the Bill both these electorates will have a couple of days each.