THE TOTALISATOR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 3

THE TOTALISATOR.

SOME STRONG REASONS FOR RETENTION.

SILENT ANTI-GAMBLERS. (For Press Association.) Auckland, January, 2. Mr Levin, president of the New South Wales Totalisator ,Commission, states that Mr dohh'RWe, president if the Auckland 1 Trotting‘Club and .! member of the Rating 1 Cbnimission, gave strong reasons for the abolition if the bookmaker and the restriction of betting to the totalisator. Mr Rowe said the machine was run enlirely with a view to regulating betting. The effect had been an improvement of the status of racing, in the improvement of the financial position of the clubs, the prizes of fered and the racing stock of the country. He expressed the opinion emphatically that if the question wont to a referendum of the people both the bookmakers and the tote, would lie abolished for all time. • Dr. Bennett, for many years president of the South Australian Jockey Club, is now visiting Auckland. He gave evidence of the successful working of the tote in his State. ■ It was admitted there on all sides that the totalisator provided the most honest way of betting. He was satisfied the tote had a restrictive influence. In every way it was preferable to the bookmaker. The absence of credit betting was one of the strongest arguments favouring the tote. The president expressed disappointment and surprise that those opposed to gambling had not responded to tbo im R ation to place their services before the Commission.