RACING CLUB CONTRIBUTIONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 28 September 1915, Page 5

RACING CLUB CONTRIBUTIONS

STATE'S FINANCIAL REQUIRE MENTS. vvu%^

(Received Sept. 28 3 10.30 a m ) that i+ v, gr KPh S7 S: Uis «&eretood tnat it has been determined by those m author ty that the number■ of ,a£ h/iP !?i^ V So? th Wales .will not be reduced durm g] the currency of the ■££; .?K hoi w lar^ cly interested in pony clubs declares that an offer was made by the Associated Racing Clubs to the Government to contribute £200 '£• i&f\ theseventy-two days' racing held annually to the patriotic fund provided racing days were not curtailed. In accepting the offer the Premier is said to have suggested that Air "J 0??* should be donated to the Allies' Day Fund alone.

Ai x , MELBOURNE, Sept. 28. At the annual meeting of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club the chairman ■■stated that every meeting had shown *P™ fit v TV club had distributed £.2000 to various patriotic funds, and the jiet profit for the year would also be distributed, making an agereaata of £3267.

The Premiers' Conference discussed the State's financial requirements for public works, which amounted U fifteen millions.

Mr Fisher said he was unable to" -ivo an assurance that the Federal Government would be able to raise the money in London, although willing to assist in every possible way.