The Archive · 1928

Betting Bill to be Passed Joly 11

The Cabinet has decided to adopt] the Ruce Course Betting Bill and it will figure as " Government measure to be passed this session.

The hesitation to adopt the Bill until now is ascribed to the fact that some of the members of the Cabinet and other Conservative supporters were hostile to it.

The decision to adopt the Bill is regarded as a personal triumph for} the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr, Winston Churchill.—Reuter.

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