BETTING INCREASES
NEW ZEALAND MEETINGS RETURNS FOR BOXING DAY The total receipts of the five racing clubs and the three trotting clubs that held meetings yesterday was £283,189 10s, whereas last year the returns of five racing clubs and four trotting clubs was £274,054 10s. Investments last year showed an increase of £24.352, compared with Boxing Day, 1936. The returns of racing clubs this year totalled £217,430 10s, and those of trotting clubs £65,759. Details of the Boxing Day investments this year, compared with those of last year, are as follows:
Racing-— 1938 1937 Auckland .. £114,125* £114,841 Manawatu .. 45,357* 45,348 Taranaki .. 27,141* 24,936* Dunedin .. 22,255 23,121 Waipukurau . 8,551 6,153* Trotting-— Ashburton .. £36,302 £27,535 Gore .. 19.7 94 18,193* Westport .. 9,663 8,284 Wairarapa .. — 5,642 Totals .. £283,189* £274,054*
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20689, 27 December 1938, Page 2
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125BETTING INCREASES Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20689, 27 December 1938, Page 2
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