LICENSING BOOKMAKERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14088, 17 December 1907, Page 2

LICENSING BOOKMAKERS.

(Per United Press Association-.) PAMIERSTOST N., Dumber 13. Iho following arc tho conditions under which the committee of tho Manawatu Racing Club ia prepared to i?suo license to booiraiaiors to ply tlioir trado on the Mnnawnhi raeoooureo during the forthMining Christmas meeting: —

1. Applications for tho issue of a bookmaker's license must bo in writing, awl iij tho hands of tho secretary not later than noon of Thursday, tho IBlii Dcoombor inst. •Tho application nnv bo for one, two, or throe (la>\3, and jiiuat bo accompanied by a cash deposit of £W.

2. hvory application shall -bo accompanied 1-y documentary evidence as to general and financial fitnoan of tho applicant to bold such lioen.ie. Tho cominitteo resorvcH tho right to ask for additional evidence or to refuse tho application if t3ie evidence tendered appears to bo insufficient. 3. Tho feo payable for n. Hc-anro shall b., £20 per dioni, j>»ysble upon tbo is3tie fcf the liccnse. A person applying for a liecaso for moro than ono day oan Bccure tho sauie upon payment of £23, but the license shall be totally inopsraiivo for a seoond or third day until it is endorsed with a receipt by the secretary for further payments of SiO each in respect of each snch <luys. 4. Each bookmaker shall bo entitled tu huvo a clerk in attendance upon him *t the nwecourso upon payment of a fee of £5 per diom. No person who has over acted as a bookmaker shall be eligible to act as clerk. No clork shall aot as a bookmaker or aa the ogent of a bookmaker in laying wagers, ■calling tho odds, or transacting tho business of a bookmaker other thatt pnroly clerical work.

5. Kb iioUkr oi a bcokmakei'3 license sha'.l cany on bis oilling as a bookmaker except upon that portion of tho racecourse especially asido for that purpose, and in renpect of which he ia spocioJly licensed, provided that sunh portion of the racecourse snail give reasonable fncilitics for connnunioation with both the publio in tlio saddling paddock and the pnblic in tho outside enclosures.

G. No bookmaker sl&ll bo allowed npon ilia lawn or grandst-md enclontros, and' 110 bookmaker shall call the edds or tranMot any betting buricess outride the enclosures set apart for Ihat purpow. 7. No bookmaker shall nia!;o aay bet 011 any raco after the closing of tho totalisafor for that race.

8. ITo bookmaker fIiaII Jay any wager in contravention of scction -1 of "Tho Gaming Act, :u'.d, in particular, no bookmaker shall lay totalisator odds. 9. Any bookmaker- or tho ctark o! any bookmaker, who sliall lxs proved to the satisfaction of the stewards to have committed any broach of tfceso conditions or of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, or to have boon guilty of a corrupt practice within tho moaning of tho rules of rating, or to havo committed any brcnt'li of tho rules of racing, shall be liablo to liavo his bookmaker's lieonso eancellcd, and, in the event thereof, he shnll not be entitled to iv refund of any portion of his liccnso fee, and, iu addition thereto, shall bo liable to bo expelled fronii the rncecourFe. 10. Every bookmaker ami clerk of every bookmaker shall wear a distinctive badge. 11. Evoty bookmaker shall, whenever oall&A npen so to do by any official of the olub duly authorised by tho committco, produce ilia bookmaker's license for inspection. DAftGATII.t/E, December 13. Tho socretary of tlio Kaiiiu Hack Racing Club has received tho following telegram from the Prime Minister:—"Hack ami pony raccs arc horse raocs within tho net, and it is legal for tlio stewards of buoli a meeting to license bookmakers under tho act if there is a 'totalisator permit for fiuch a meeting: if thcro is not a totalisator permit, undor section 34 of tho act stewards can axlnrit or exclude bookmakers just as they think fit."

CONFERENCE OF BOOKMAKERS. (Prr United Pmss Association.) OHRTSTCHTJRCH, Dooombo.r 10. A conference of accredited delegates from bookmaker of tho four chief centres was held on Saturday evening for the purpose of framing proposals for tho regulation of bookmakers under the tuning. Act, said proposals to ba submitted to tho Racing Conference, which will hold a epocial meeting to eonsiclor tho euhjoct on January 23, it having been officially suggested to tho bookmakers lhat they ehould submit proposib at an early date and reinforce them by a deputation to the eonferonce. After long discussion it was decided to submit. the following proposals to the cor. fcrenee:—

License Fees.—Clubs giving less than £75fl a day in stakos, £5 per day inside and i2 10,-i outside; clubs giving £750 and less than fltWO, £7 10s aud £1 15s; clubs giving jCIOO-'j and less than £1500, £10 and £5; clubs giving i'l5OQ a day aud l less thiui £5000, £16 and £7 10s; clubs giving £2000 per day and over, £20 and £10.

Annual licenses to be granted by the undermentioned clubs at the following rates, to bo paid half-yearly in advanceAuokknd, £150 inside and X 75 outside; ■Wellington, £115 and £S2 10s; Canterbury, £150 and £75; Dunodin, £100 and £50. lioeh bookmaker to be allowed' one olerk without additional fee. Bookmakers and clorks to be registered by tho metropolitan club of the district in which they reside on payment of a feo of £1 la, the names to be published in the official calendar. In tbo case of a partnership, one niembe. of the firm to bo eligible -to act as clerk. Conditions of registration to bo uniform throughout New Zealand, and arranged by tho conference. Registered bookmakers to be allowed on courses for wliich they do not apply for license on tho same terms as tho public. Bookmakers to be allowed a reasonable position in which to bet. such position to b» defined by postß, free from fcnces or other entanglements. When not engaged in carrying on the:, calling, bookmakers to bo allowed all the privileges concodcd io the general public. Theso proposals will bo submitted with a. view to beinc put. into operation for one yoar.