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RACING CLUB. ANNUAL RACE MEETING To be held at LEVIN RACECOURSE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 1925. Train will leave Thorndon at 8.29 a.m Return trains leave Levin at 5.50 p.m. SPECIAL, and 6.47 p.m. EXCURSION PARES. GOOD FIELDS! GOOD FIELDS! 10/- TOTE TICKETS AVAILABLE INSIDE AND OUT. F. S. VARNHAM, 639 Secretary.. WOODVILLE RACES. WOODVILLE RACES. WOODVILLE RACES WOODVILLE RACES. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9th and 10th. Nominations ~ose Thursday, November 19th, at 9 p.m. 379 WOODVILLE RACES Nominations for the Woodville Taces, which are to be held on December 9th and 10th, close at 9 p.m. to-morrow. TOTALISATOR FIGURES CHRISTCHURCH FALL OF OVER 2250,000. A feature, of Carnival Week in Christchurch was the drop in the totalisator investments each day, compared with the figures for last year. The' following table shows the comparison for the two years:— CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. 1924 1925 First day 68,461 62,922 Second day 51,124 45,607 Third day 51,369 40,612 Fourth day 66,256$ 58,792$ Total 237,210$ 207,933$ METROPOLITAN TROTTING CLUB. First day 76,265 68,436 Second day 51,594 49,422 Third day 72,024$ 68,891$ Total 199,883$ 177,749$ Grand total 437,094 385,683 The decrease is only a continuation of what has been happening for several years past. The highest point in totalisator investments in Carnival Week was • reached in 1920, when the Canterbury Jockey Club handled £340,141, and the Metropolitan Trotting Club £259,076, a total of £599,217 for the seven days. Since then there has been a- steady decrease in the figures, as follows 1921—Canterbury Jockey Club £271, Metropolitan Trotting Club £225,476; total. £496,930. , 1923—Canterbury Jockey Club £259,925, Metropolitan Trotting Club £221,943; total £481.868.’ 1923—Canterbury Jockey Club £237,802 10s, Metropolitan Trotting Club £210,436; total £448,288 10s. For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Woods' Great Peppermint Cura

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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 10

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Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 10

Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 10