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AUSTRALIA REDUCES STAKES The volume of betting is falling off all over the Avorld. In Australia and New Zealand the reduction is extremely large. The falling off in the totalizator turnover, in conjunction with expenditure on improvements, has caused the Auckland club to reduce its stakes. The total for the current season will be 52,750, against 05,500 for the "season recently concluded. The Auckland Cup has . been reduced from 6,500 to 5,000 and the Railway Handicap from 0,000 to ,000. On the other hand, the Great Northern Derby has advanced from 0,000 to 2,500 and the Great Northern Guineas from ,000 to ,501.
