THE HOUSE
\ TO-NIGHT’S SITTING. LONG SITTING ON GAMING BILL EXPECTED. Usually Monday night sittings of the House of Representatives are not of long duration, but it is unlikely that to-night’s will be like the others. The chief business fixed for consideration is the second reading of tho Gaming Amendment Bill (No. 2), a bill introduced by Mr George Hunter, with the object of increasing totalisator permits by 38. Though a well-known breeder and owner of good horses, Mr Hunter does not ask for the increases on behalf of the big clubs, but for the smaller racing clubs and for the trot, ting bodies. The proposed allocation of the 33 permits is:,, .Trotting 20, country racing. 10, and hunt clubs 8. In some quarters it is thought that if the question goes to a vote it has a good chanoo of being carried, but there is a more to obstruct the measure and prevent the House from voting on it. Mr J. McCombs, an opponent of the bill, will come forward with a very large number of amendments, and with these he may impede and even prevent, the passage of the bill.' In the circumstances, a keen fight is expected.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10717, 11 October 1920, Page 5
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