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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1798, 22 August 1906, Page 66

Mr T. E. Taylor, in moving a resolution at a Christchurch meeting in favour of the abolition of the to tali sat or, said it had struck him that this was a more opportune time politically to deal with the question than at any period during the past fourteen years. The present Ministry was more likely, to tnve thenv a favourable hearing than the" previous one. But the Ministry was powerless to abolish the totallsator 1 unless supported by the members, and? the moment the Ministry proposed the abolition of the totalisator there would i he such a clamour in Parliament as had never been heard before. Advice has been received by the Exhibition Commissioners from the lion, secretary of the Queensland Art Society, Brisbane, that the pictures from that Art Society will be shipped from Brisbane in ample time to be delivered in the Art Gallery by September latlt.