EVILS OF THE "TOTE."
\ A SEVERE IMPEACHMENT* -I "A CRAZE IN NEW, ZEALAND.""'| By■*Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. » ' , '.'. ' Stdnet,' October •-10.' The , totalisator ~ was strongly condemned by Mr. R. J.: Mason, the well-known 1' New,' .Zealand-trainer, in' an;interview..' He.declared that " tote" betting has become such; a craze in New , Zealand that many .workerS have not a penny :to draw at . the end of the ,week. : : This, he says, : is one \of the greatest curses of the "tote" business.", , * 1 Butchers and bakers, Mr. Mason went on to-say, had to go without their money while' many of their debtors splashed! it. on the -totalisator. He had seen .wqnien -their clothes in ' a mad rush : to, get ■tickets. '-.'',.' '''. Racing, he added, was now cheap and libsty, and most studmasters had, been forced to sell out. Those 1 remaining sent most of their r yearlings to" Sydney, where better prices were obtainable because'no totalisator existed here. i,.-'.' ''.'. ' .*.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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151EVILS OF THE "TOTE." New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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