GAMING ACT AMENDMENT

Northern Advocate, 22 May 1929, Page 7

GAMING ACT AMENDMENT

DEPUTATION TO MINISTERS

; (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) WELLING TON, This Day. A deputation representing racing, trotting and the hunting interests in the Sports Protection League waited on the Premier and Minister of Internal Affairs asking the Government to introduce an amendment, to the Gaming Act providing for facilities of telegraphing investments to race courses and the publication of dividends. The Premier replied to the effect that he would* give, facilities during the coming session for 'the House to discuss the matter, but the measure would not be a. Government Bill. His first duty would be to ascertain the feeling of the House towards the measure, but his analysis was that the House would be against the .amendment, although the deputation said that a majority of the House would be in favour, WHANGAREI RESOLUTION. At the last meeting of the Stewards of the Whangarei Racing Club the following resolution, to be forwarded to the Prime Minister', Minister of Internal Affairs and the members of Cabin'et, was passed. “That the Stewards of the Whangarei Racing Club strongly favour an amendment to the Gaming Act to provide for the transmission of money by telegraph to racing clubf ’ secretaries for investment on the totapisator; also for the legalisation of tno publication of totalisator dividends.”