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GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES PARI-MUIUELS. Racecourse betting is legal in Australia, as in al! other parts of the- British Bsautee, but sonic ot the States of the Conimonwi-nlth permit eenly tile list-ef the •tote-" or mutui 1 system. In New South Wales bookmaking ami mutuels are on equal legal footing, bat the Government aims at the- ene-our.lge-inei-t of the latter method, and one CtenaC of legis hit Ion enacted 1 11 -; ■ mtfa re-ads: "If an] racing club fails to us- the- totaltesr when s- directed, as aforesaid, it shall be liable- to a pea-..by not exceeding S986 for every da] on which such failure occurred,"
