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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 361, 24 June 1897, Page 8

The Hobart Mercury of June 4 says : —‘The regulations'recently framed under sect ion 13 of the Suppression of Public Betting and Gaming Act, 1896 (60 Vic., No. 7). having come into force on the Ist inst., and “ Tattersall,” Mr George " Adams, having complied with the first condition by depositing the sum of £lO,OOO with the Government as a guarantee of the bona fide nature of his transactions and for his due observance in carrying out the regulations a license has been issued to him by the Government to conduct lotteries in Tasmania. At the first rawing-under these regulations, a consultation on the Ellersmere Stakes, run at Randwick od the. sth inst., which took place yesterday morning at Tattersall’s office, the Under-Treasurer, acting on behalf of the Government, and accompanied by the Secretary of the Law Department, attended, and expressed complete satisfaction at the clear and fair way in which the proceedings were carried out.

Before the Betting Bill was calmly blocked by the goodies of Macquarrie Street, J. 0.8. in the Sydney Mail wrote “ The Beting Bill now .before the New South Wales Parliament will do good if it but induces sensible men to see that in all.societies t here are certain things that can be regulated but not suppressed. It is through inability to perceive this fact that half the unwise legislation of the world has been enacted. At < one time it would have been an easy thing for George 111. to lead the Yankees ; but neither he nor the counsellors could rise to the occasion; They were all for “ driving,” with its ineviable result. “ You caunot put down the Americans,” cried Burke in the House; but few believed him till Cornwallis and his men plied their arms outside York Town. So with us, there are things that can be easily kept within certain bounds, but that defy all efforts at eradication. The liquor traffic is one, wagering is another, and there are some more which it is unnecessary to mention. So. it comes that to most persons who look about them and endeavour to form a true estimate of things, the step taken by Mr Levien in our local Assembly is in the proper direction.” 'I he southern trains are daily carrying the much fined small bookmakers Melbournewards (writes “ Delaware.”) One small man has been fined five, times, but hasn’t paid a cent. He keeps on betting, and calmly tells the police that he canriot pay. He says he is willing to ’ take it out,’.but the Government prefer the fines to his body, and they are telling him to bet away, on the off chance of his ‘ making a bit.’