GAMING AMENDMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20630, 31 July 1930, Page 12

GAMING AMENDMENT.

PROSPECTS OF THE BILL. " GOOD RUN " PROMISED. [by TrxronAn;.—special iiKPOß'rnn.] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. " A good run " was promised for tho Haming Amendment Bill by the Prime Minister, tho Hon. G. W. Forbes, when replying to a deputation of racing interests to-day. The bill, which has been introduced i;v Mr. [v. S. Williams, M.P., seeks legislation ft publishing dividends and for telegraphing bets to secretaries of racing clubs. Mr. If. F. Johnston, K.C., said there had been some hope that the late Sir Joseph Ward would have made the bill a Government one. If Mr. Forbes could not see his way to do that, be. might be able to give Ihe bill such facilities as to enable it to he carried. It was felt fhero was a majority in favour of the proposals in both Houses. The Prime Minister said he had always voted for the bill, as ho had felt it was only fair that racing clubs should be permitted to receive investments by telegraph. They should do everything possible to encourage the people to make use of Ihe legal forms of betting. " It is not a question of making Ihe bill a Government measure, but it is a question of getting it throng!) tho House. t will see that if gets as good a run as it is possible to give, as 1 think the measure, is a reasonable one. It is not, a bill that will go iri tho direction of increasing (rambling, but it will allow for betting l;oing through legitimate and recognised channels. I wish tho bill every success when it comes before the House," said Mr. Forbes.