MR. CURTIN CHIDES PUNTER FOR RISKING £SOO
For risking £SOO on the raceliorsc Taliinoor instead of investing it in the Mur Loan, Mr. Cl ill Duncombe, husband of Tahmoor’s owner, was gently chided recently by the Prime Minister ot Australia (Mr. Curtin). Mr. Duncombe placed the £2OOO he won into the Liberty Loan. “I regret that Mr. Duncombe would Jinve been un able to contribute anything to the Loan but for the loss the bookmaker sulfered,” Mr. Curtin commented. “I would not risk money, required to back Australia, on the uncertainties of the
turf.” Although the Prime Minister occasionally attacks extravagant spending on racing, there are few in Australia more interested in the sport. Though his punting is restricted to occasional bets of about ss, ho has a photographic memory for the form and breeding of horses. Mr. Curtin would hold his own in conversation with any racing men.
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Otaki Mail, 15 December 1943, Page 4
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149MR. CURTIN CHIDES PUNTER FOR RISKING £500 Otaki Mail, 15 December 1943, Page 4
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