PLEA FOR TOTE PERMIT.
(Per Press Association.) \ WELLihNGTON, this day. The Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, received a deputation last night from the Rangitikei Racing Cloib, a-stong for the restoration of the totalisator permit taken away as the result of the Racing Commission's report. It was pointed out that the Rangitikei Club was the fourteenth m importance m New Zealand. It had been m existence since 1854^ The attendance at the last summer ' meeting ... was 4500. Bulls, where the club's course is situated, and MarWi would never amalgamate, •us suggested by the Commission, those towns having nothing m common. 'The club had recently spent £8600 on land and buildings. The Minister, m reply, said thtKt the matter would be considered by the Cabinet. It was decided that the question -of permit* was to be reviewed. There could be no doubt that the- ca.se of the Rangitikei Club must be entitled to very careful consideration.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 3
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157PLEA FOR TOTE PERMIT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 3
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