The Archive · 1926

How the Duty Is Paid

Revenue tickets are available in hooks of 50 (all of consisting of ticket and a counterfoil, one value), 'They represent bets from one while Jing to £5, and they are of great variety—yellow, dark blue, pink, rey, salmon, light green,' orange, buf and red, and buff and green. There are two kinds of tickets, tha 2 per cent. and the 8b per cent. course, the bookmaker the backer axe both present. The 3H per cent. apply to all other kinds of betting, credit betting, street here ting (this in @ whisper), whippet yaoing, football and so on. The 84 per cent's bear the triple bar sinister. The duty payable on the various books of 50 is as followsi— amount BE Bet ATE p Atshpe Duty payable per book of 50 tickets using revenue tee just issue them in strict numerical order directly the bet is, he retains the counterfoil. the case of an office bookmaker, revenue tickets, the portion must Te sent by post to the backer, Mr, Cvarchill has taken no chance of indignant punters who have been "welshed" claiming his help. He has cautiously imprinted "No Gor ernment Guarantee." destroyed and their inmates lo without shelter. Many villages the neighbourhood have completely wiped out, the food stores Jof the people washed away and a large number of cattle have been destroyed. In consequence of the breaching of the railways by the floods in many parts of the country! there has been a considerable amount of traffic held up and in some cases the mails have been delayed.

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