THE TOTALISATOR
A STRONG CONDEMNATION. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. SYDNEY, October 10. - Mr Mason, the well-known New Zealand sportsman, in an interview, strongly condemned the totalisator. Ho declared that totalisator 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 was one of the greatest curses of the totalisator. ' . :
Butchers and bakers, declared Mr Mason, had to go without money, while many of their debtors splashed it on the totalisator. He had seen women tear their clothes in the mad rush io get tickets.
Racing in the Dominion was now cheap and nasty, and most of the stud masters, said Mr Mason, had been forced to sell out, and those remaining sent most of their yearlings to Sydney, where better prices were obtainable, because there was no totalisator in existence.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7928, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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145THE TOTALISATOR New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7928, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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