RACING PERSONALITY
DEATH OF MR W. F. JAMES
Mr William Francis James, who for 42 years worked the totalisators at practically all the meetings in Otago and Southland, died suddenly on Thursday. He retired in 1942, but he retained his interest in the sport. Mr James began as a totalisator contractor In November, 1900, when at the Winton meeting he handled £4636 for two days’ racing. He borrowed that machine from his brother, who operated the totalisators on the West Coast. On that occasion he had a temporary staff of two, but later on his business expanded to such an extent that he often had about 100 employees at the Dunedin Jockey Club and Forbury Park meetings. Mr James’s wife died some years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs Munro (Sydney) and Mrs Neill (Dunedin), and one son, Mr F. James (Sydney).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27254, 3 December 1949, Page 5
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