London, Feb. 8.
It was stated in the House Commons to-day that the Irish Free State had already withheld sums amounting to £173,000 by July 15, 1932, when the special duties came inia force. The sums withheld between that date and January" 31, 1933, amounted to £2,550,000 and the revenue from special ditties and from duties under the Import Duties: Act on goods imported from, the Irish Free State amounted in all to 81,870,000,—Wireless through Reuter.
Questions were asked in the House of Commons to-day on the Government's. decisions on the, recommendations. of the Royal Commission on Betting.
Replying, on bahai of the Home Office, "Major Oliver Stanley' said that the Government, proposed. to suppress tote clubs and, if the exist. ing law were inadequate, they would troduce any measures necessary for the complete suppression of the The use of totalisator on grey= hound racing tracks was illegal, he added, but no legislation on the subject would be introduced until the receipt of the final recommen-Jdations of the Royal Commission of from
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