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THE COMMONS AND THE DERBY.

LoxBos, June 5th.

An amusing Derby incident took place ** BANKERS · MAY · TELL"

in the Commons, when Major Barnett asked whether, in view of the fact that a Select Committee of the Commons had accepted LONDON, June 1st. That "Bankers may tell is the effect an invitation from the Jockey Club to visit of Mr. Justice Avory's judgment in the Epsom oh Wednesday the Premier could case of Tournier, a commercial traveller, consider, the miviability of read the National Provincial

and Unive Bank.

that so as give

the ancient custom

of using to

the

The plaintiff claimed slanuages is conso Honourable Mediay on my to fire of her

studying the

of a branch Manager informing

quence employers that its account was

Tax

anti Liut a certain cheque had (Cries of X7 of the Betting |

"

traced to a bookmaker's account. The plaintif

averred ahat he lost his employ ment by the suggestion that he was gambl ing which he denied.

Mr. Justice Avery held that there was no absolate contract with Bankers not to disclose the state of a customer's recount and if the disclosure was made reasonably and justifiably, there was no breach of contract.

The jury returned a verdict for the Bank afid the judge allowed costs.

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EX-SERVICE MEN AND EDUCATION.

LONDON, June 1st.

A striking feature of a statement munde in the House of Commons by the Minister for Education reviewing the educational

position was the evidence of the remark- able success of the scheme for the higher education of ex-Service men. He said that tho results more than satistival the highest hopes of the scheme. No less than 25 cent of

the ex-Service entrants of Oxfordd and Cambridge secured first class.egrees, and in one Oxford college out of 50 ex-Service students, six gained fellowships" at other colleges. The grants for the scheme had now ceaseil,

SUHEME FOR LÉVYING DUTY ON BETTING.

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in the negativo. Harsets then ang- gested that the House's taak of consities would suspins of the Cominster would be seriously interfered with if

not the same access to the sarees of Committee (Laughter): Another member original information members of the asked whether steps would be taken to ensure that members of the committed visiting Epsom did not indulge in trying to spot the winner themselves. No reply was made.

· ENCOURAGEMENT OF REFLE

SHOOTING.

LONDON, June 6th, The King has approved of the grant of a be awarded annually to the champion shot silver medal designated the King's Medal to of the military forces of Britain, India, Africa and Rhodesia. The competitions will Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South be held locally.

SPURIOUS GEMS.

COLOMBO, June 6th. The Ceylon gom industry is being hard hit a result of the recent flooding of the local market with synthetic stones, which are daily sold to unsuspecting purchasers for sums sometimes a hundred times more than the real value. Not only are passengers

de faded, but also a dumber of residents, as theso imitation stones are sold in many hig jewellers shops in

in Colombo. Some yeara an import

of 100

care ago question of the ption of the enquiry into the placed on ynthetic or reconstructer st wis Mr. Bigham, Assistant Commissioner of off and a duty

bat recently, for some unknown Police, and that London was riddled with duty was taken tituted. As synthetic stones.

of 10 street betting. He thought it was not possible, to prevent ready-money betting impossible for anyone to

have now been perfected that it is almost but imprisonment for a first offence, which

to distinguish them was rarely inflicted, would be a deterrent.aloncat jewellers find a number of easy from genuine stones, unless one is an expert, There were 3,274 convictions and ines

resumption

LONDON, Jane 1st.

aggregating 8,711 in 1921 compared with 613 convictions and £22041 fines in 1930), The increase was due to more besting being carried There had been no greater activity on the part of the police. Credit bookmakers with otlices in London number- ed 800, and street bookmakers about 960. employed 4,000 agents against

The formed policeman was useless...

whom a

Lord

Jorge Jersey explained the position of the in refusing officially to re- He was of opinion that

cognise

it was

reison, this

victims. Accordingly Ceylon a reputation an important gem centre is being badly injured, while in the second place the slemand for genuine stones is mivericly affected.

NEW LADY MP."

LONDON, June 7th. Looking petite and demure Mrs. Philipson took her sent in the House of Con-mons amidst thundering cheers from the Con- servative benches. She was introduced by General. She wore a dark

TOSble to prevent betting on the Colonel Leslie Wilson and the Solicitor

of races

The Chairman thanked the

Javy blue

for permitting the committckey Club with lace collar and a board-brimmed black

visit to Epsom to see how betting.way carried on.

Sir

ir Horace Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Customs andl Excise, submitted a scheme for levying a duty on betting. He proposed to make as few alterations as possible in the • lew governing betting, and they would not affect lotteries sweep- stakes gaining which would remain

The Board

fruck

hat, and she smiled pleasantly as she ad- vanced across the floor of the House. Previously a sort of unofficial reception was beld. While ale was standing at the lar waiting to take the oaths member after member of the Conservative Party came to congratulate her on her victory.

Much banter was exchanged by the parties illegal.

while she was signing the roll. Mr. Fringle, should

* Board suggested that a duty alluding to the popularity of the new mem be

at a uniform percent-ber, called out to Lady Astor: "Cheer up, rate, on all Amounts staked as bots Nancy." with professional bookmakers, and every

one carrying on the business of receiv

ing bets should be required to hold

excian licence renewable annually. He

THE HAJ PILGRIMAGE.'

BOMBAY, Juos 7th.

suggested that the duty charred in respect So far 7,431 Malpmedan pilgrims from all of each licence should be substantial, say 10 parts of India have left for Jeddah for the annually. Cash betting off the course shouldHaj pilgrimage which falls on July 24th. for which the dety might be present 1,000 pilgrims are waiting only be carried on by licensed betting

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Duty on bets might be collected by Govern uent tickets sold at customs and

offices and post offices or on returns of tickets be sold to bookmakers at daty value. Thus the tax on cash

to

Bombay for embarkation. Their comforts are being looked after by the local. Haj Pilgrim Committee. The musnirshaaus be ing fall, some

,some private houses have been rented for the accomodation of the waiting pilgrims.

collected automatically who would be The steamer Humayun sails for Jecidab to

credit betting the

* could pay

Haj last year.

ان

in the case DE day with abut 000 pilgrims. At the end

duty of the season this year, the number on the returns of this cement.

state pilgrims urs expected to total 18,000, which totalisator was not contemplated, but a is double the number zimu safled for the private totalisator might be treated as a betting office. Probably the present valdo of betting was well over a hundred millions sterling anndtlly, which would yield at least ten millions yearly at ten per cent. rate of duty.

STATE HELP FOR THE FARMER.

LONDON, June 4th.

The House of Commons has passed the

SELECT - COMMITTEE ON BETTING ATTENDS THE DERBY,

ex-

Londos, June 7th. Complete astonishment at the traordinary amount of betting was the predominant impression of the members of the House of Commons Select Committee. on

to

second reading, by 25 votes to 127, of the setting. after their visit to the Derby, where they were the BUSIN of the Jockey Government Bill providing that occupiers Club. They confessed that previously they of agricultoral land shall pay only had had no idea of the scale of quarter instead of a half of the local rates, and regretted that it was impossib the State paying the remainder, thus re-devise a scheme whereby the amount of agriculturalista to the extent of money which changed hands on the course could calculated More than one mem Jearly Neville Chamberlain represented ber was convinced that on a big day like agriculture as being ia a desperate condi- the Derby it would be impossible to collect tion, and it was feared that unless assist the tax on the course, and that means ance was given much arable land would would have to be devised to collect it go out of cultivation altogether, or go to through other channels. grass, which would be disastrous. Liberal and Labour members opposed the Bill.

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· SWEEPSTAKES

WINNERS.

LONDON, June 6th, It is stated that the winner of the Stock Exchange Sweepstake is a titled member of the House of Commons, who gets £25,000,

The winner of about £13,000 in the Sweepstake in nid of St.

all

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The members conscientiously investigated the aspects of betting and cross- questioned bookmakers and interviewed Donoghue Apparently, the majority did not attempt to gain first-hand knowledge, though one confessed that he had left a idea of the merits of a horse

tenner" behind owing to a mistaken whose appearance in the paddock took my fancy."

who bought the lucky ticket les HONGKONG SHARE MARKET

for

£ after it had been refused by scores of people. It is reported he has decided to hand £4,000 to the Hospital.

A woman millworker of Skipton, York. shire, you £31,517 in the Otley Unionist Club Sweepstake

END OF DUNDEE JUTE LOCKOUT.

LONDON, June 6th. The Dundee jate lockout has ended, the masters withdrawing the notices inmediate ly on the "reopening of all mills except Camperdown where the original difficulty arose. 26,000 operatives will resume work on Friday.. The decision to end the jute trade lockout was reached at a

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+masters-in Dandee bo day cl ̃&′′

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