TOTALISATOR DUTY
REBATE TO RACIING CLUBS. OPPOSED BY LABOUR MEMBERS. [ Per Press Association. • WELLINGTON, Dec. 20. Opposition to a clause in the Finance Bill (No. 2) renewing authority for ratting clubs to deduct 10 per cent, of the totalisator duty was raised in the House of Representatives during tho Committee stage of the Bill. Mr Fraser said that surely, if the Government could rebate money to wealthy racing clubs, it could find the amount necessary to reimburse pensioners for the sums illegally deducted from them. Other Labour members supported this view. The Hon. J. G. Cobbe said that he understood that racing clubs were having a very hard time, and if they were not given a certain amount of assistance the Government would lose ■considerable revenue. He pointed out that the totalisator contributed £160,000 a year to the State’s revenue and, in addition, racing brought business to tho railways. Mr Wright divided the House on the clause, which was retained by 40 votes to 17. Two Labour members, Messrs Webb and Jones, voted for it.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 301, 21 December 1933, Page 7
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