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THE MUTUELS IN WEST AUSTRALIA. In the W.st Australian Legislative Assembly recently, the premier moved the second reading of a bill to extend the as the totallaator, or pari mutuel. system. Be said the government did not int.-tid to Interfere with the w. A. T. C. or club-pred with It, bat wished to include trotting aa raciag. The colonial secretary would, at his discretion, issue licenses t.. other clubs, and all would I..- charged a license fee. An Interjectwr asked If tbi government inteaded t . Issue licenses to Bictpn and ireinauile. which are unregistered dab. The premier replied that BO application bad bee a mad. bj them. It was a question whether bookmakers should not be abolished altogether, which would result in trebling the returns from the total iaatoi tax, aader which the treasury would take tWO and one half per cent, of the total luonty Invested, but the government was not now moving in that matter. The debate wa- adjourned on the 111. .lion of the opposition leader.
