BETTING AND RACING.
LONDON, March 9. The Duke of Devonshire, giving evidence before the Committee on Betting, said it was impossible and undesirable to stop betting on racecourses or in private clubs. It was not necessary to license bookmakers. Mr William T. Jones, well known in connection with Australian racing, who was also examined, testified that there was far more betting in Australia than in England. It was equally possible to stop a river from flowing as to prevent betting in Australia. It was not difficult to control bookmakers in the colonies.
MELBOURNE, March 10,
The proprietors of Tattersall’s sweep having evolved a scheme to evade the Federal Postal Act, the PostmasterGeneral (Hon J. 6. Drake) is consulting the Attorney-General. The former does not think that Tabtersall’s can. evade the law for any length of time. Parliament and the “long arm” of the law will eventually do all that is necessary.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4607, 11 March 1902, Page 5
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