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Gambling
Totalizator
Information on the totalisator is in the Register,5 July 1879, page 5b,
6 September 1879, page 5a.
"Commissioner Hamilton on the Tote" is in the Observer,
18 October 1879, page 13e; also see
25 October 1879, page 12c and
Express,
15 and 16 october 1879, pages 2b and 3b,
Register,
15, 17, 18 and 20 October 1879, pages 4c-f, 4g. 4g and 4c,
Observer,
18 October 1879, page 14a (poem).
"Mr R.C. Bagot on the Tote" is in the Register,
29 December 1880, page 7a.
"The Totalizator and Racing" is in the Register,
10 and 28 May 1881, pages 4e and 5a.
"Betting Machines" is in the Observer,
4 June 1881, page 980e,
"The Totalizator" on
8 and 15 October 1881, pages 17a and 17b; also see
19 August 1882, page 17c,
9 September 1882, pages 18b-24e,
4 November 1882, page 24d; also see
Express,
2 November 1882, page 3d,
Register,
29 July 1882, page 5a,
10 and 12 August 1882, pages 4f-5b and 6f,
6 October 1882, page 5a,
24 October 1882, page 5a,
25 July 1883, page 7c,
1 and 2 August 1883, pages 4f and 4g.
The tote is the subject of an editorial in the Advertiser,
2 November 1882, page 4e,
7 and 9 February 1883, pages 6d and 7b,
22 May 1883, page 4d,
Register,
12 February 1883, page 7b,
2 October 1883, page 5a.
"The Turf and the Totalizator" is in the Observer,
24 February 1883, page 18b,
"The Totalizator Repeal Bill" on
14 and 28 July 1883, pages 24d and 17e,
20 October 1883, page 17c,
10 January 1884, page 4g,
"Gambling and the Totalizator" in the Chronicle,
21 July 1883, page 5a; also see
Express,
21 and 22 May 1884, pages 6c and 3b.
Cartoons are in The Lantern, 17 and 31 May 1884.
"Vale! Totalizator" is the heading of a report in the Register,
2 June 1884, page 4h:
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It has proved a fruitful source of evil and whatever redeeming features it may be thought to have are not to be mentioned in comparison with the malign influence it has exercised.
"The Totalizator Forgery Case" is in the Observer,
7 June 1884, page 34d; also see
Register,
15 December 1884, page 6d.
"The Totalizator Cases" in the Chronicle,
23 November 1889, page 14a.
The reintroduction of the totalisator is debated in the Register on
26 May 1886, pages 4e-7a,
1 and 30 June 1886, pages 7g and 4f-7b,
2, 3 and 10 July 1886, pages 6c, 5a-b-7a and 7a,
5 August 1886, page 4h,
11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 28 August 1886, pages 4h-7a-7e, 7e, 7e-g, 3d, 7f, 7g, 3c and 7d,
9 September 1886, page 7h,
14 and 16 October 1886, pages 4f-7a and 7b,
9, 11, 12, 14 and 21 April 1887, pages 6h, 7c, 6a, 5a and 4g-6e,
19 May 1887, page 4g,
18, 19 and 20 August 1887, pages 4g, 7f and 7f:
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In the words of John Wesley "It is accursed at both ends and filthy in the middle".
Also see Advertiser,
3 and 12 July 1886, pages 6f-7b and 7e,
5 and 9 August 1886, pages 7d and 6e-g,
28 July 1887, page 7e,
Register,
16, 17, 18 and 19 November 1887, pages 4h, 7h, 6a and 6g,
3 July 1888, page 4g,
7 August 1888, page 5a,
1, 3, 6, 11, 12 and 20 September 1888, pages 4f-6e, 7f, 4e, 6h, 4h and 4g,
Advertiser,
21 May 1891, page 7c,
Observer,
11 May 1895, page 20d,
Register,
11 October 1897, page 6a.
A cartoon and a poem are in The Lantern,
24 September 1887, page 14,
19 November 1887, page 17.
"Raid Upon Totalizators" is in the Register,
6 November 1889, page 5a,
Observer,
9 November 1889, page 30a,
Register,
31 October 1892, page 5c,
11 and 12 November 1892, pages 7f and 5a,
30 November 1893, page 5d.
"The Totalizator Cases" is in the Chronicle,
23 November 1889, page 14a.
"Gambling and Totalisators" is in the Register,
12 November 1892, page 5a. On
14 November 1892 at page 6e a correspondent says:
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A wealthy owner can back his horse for thousands in comfort and ease at the Tattersalls Club and the law says nothing and takes no action; but let the average working-man put a half-crown on his fancy in a tobacco shop and he is pounced upon... If the law is to be carried out let it be carried out equally and deal with all alike.
"Betting and the Totalizator" is in the Register,
22 January 1895 page 4g.
"The Totalisator and the Pulpit" is in the Register,
11 July 1895, page 4g.
"The Totalizator and Licensing Laws" is in the Register,
11 October 1897, page 6a,
Observer,
16 October 1897, page 43d.
Cartoons are in The Critic,
16 October 1897, page 14,
20 November 1897, page 11.
"The Tote Agent Conundrum" is in the Register,
15 January 1898, page 4h. Also see
15 June 1900, page 4h.
"Taxation and the Totalizator" is in the Register,
11 February 1898, page 5b.
"Raid on Tote Shops" is in the Register,
11 April 1898, page 4g,
"Raid on Six Tote Shops" in the Express,
15 August 1898, page 3d,
Register,
15 August 1898, page 6f,
Observer,
20 August 1898, page 15c,
5 November 1898, page 30a,
21 October 1901, page 31b,
Register,
21 and 26 October 1901, pages 4f and 10d,
Express,
21 October 1901, page 4a,
Observer,
25 April 1903, page 34a.
"Tote Shops" is in the Register,
20 and 23 June 1902, pages 4c and 4f.
"Alleged Street Totes" is in the Register,
14 March 1903, page 10c.
"The Tote Shop Cases" is in the Express,
30 October 1903, page 1h.
"Tote Shops" is in the Observer,
1 November 1902, page 33b,
Register on
9 and 11 May 1903, pages 6e-9f and 4i; also see
Advertiser,
10 August 1904, page 11f.
"A Cancer That Needs a Cure", in which "tote shops" are described, appears in the Register,
19 May 1902, page 5d; also see
21 and 22 May 1902, pages 3g and 3f,
20 and 23 June 1902, pages 4c and 4f and
9 December 1902, page 4g
Advertiser,
26 August 1902, page 4c.
"The Totalisator and the Churches" is in the Register,
25 July 1902, page 3d,
while in respect of the totalisator on
7 August 1902, page 8b it is said:
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Unless some vigorous united protest is made by the churches and the industrial population to check this evil nothing but disaster is before us.
(Also see Register, 12 and 20 August 1902, pages 3g and 4c.)
"The Totalizator" is in the Register,
20 and 22 August 1902, pages 4c and 5b.
"The Betting Machine" and letters concerning the "tote" is in the Register,
27 August 1902, page 3a-c,
2, 17, 20, 27 and 29 September 1902, pages 6i, 7e, 8e, 10i and 7h,
4, 9 and 11 October 1902, pages 8b, 9f and 4d:
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Mr Mitton, the greatest authority of the 19th and 20th century on moral, social and commercial matters says it is an evil in itself and therefore has to be true; and no one except fools, gamblers, and stupid, blind people have a right to doubt his gratuitous assertion... I suppose Mr Mitton has some higher class of logic and philosophy than what is taught in all Universities. I see sometimes fellows who get drunk and fall into trouble with the law; consequently all those who ever taste intoxicating drink are outlaws. That is the exact equivalent to Mr Mitton's "sound argument".
I [Mr Mitton] am prepared to discuss the question with anybody who can argue; I have neither the time nor the inclination to engage in a game of single-stick with every irrelevant twaddler...
"Tote Shops" is in the Register on
9 and 11 May 1903, pages 6e-9f and 4i; also see
Advertiser,
10 August 1904, page 11f.
Totalizator statistics are in the Observer,
7 January 1905, page 15e,
Register,
5 January 1906, page 5b; also see
30 July 1906, pages 3f-4e-f,
4 January 1907, page 5b,
29 July 1909, page 7e,
17 September 1909, page 6g,
29 April 1910, page 7c.
"The Totalizator and Bookmakers" is in the Register,
3 and 4 April 1905, pages 5a and 4h,
Observer,
8 April 1905, page 16d,
Advertiser,
11 August 1927, page 16d.
A photograph of the ladies' totalizator at Victoria Park is in the Chronicle,
1 February 1908, page 30.
"The Ladies' Totalizator" is in the Register,
7 and 13 May 1912, pages 6e and 3g;
a poem appears on
19 June 1912, page 9h; also see
14 and 15 May 1913, pages 13c and 6d.
"Totalizator Investments" is in the Register,
30 July 1908, page 5c,
29 July 1909, page 7e,
18 July 1910, page 7c,
Express,
28 June 1911, page 3h.
"A Report on Its Operation" is in the Register,
18 March 1910, page 11c.
"The Tote and Racing" is in the Advertiser,
4 April 1911, page 11c,
"Totalizator or Bookmaker" on
15 November 1912, page 19a; also see
11 June 1914, page 11c.
"Totalizator Investments" is in the Express,
28 June 1911, page 3h.
"The Ladies' Totalizator" is in the Register,
13 May 1912, page 3g.
"A Masked Attack - A Totalizator Question" is in the Register,
18 August 1911, page 5a.
"Taxing the Totalizator" is in the Register,
23, 26 and 28 April 1920, pages 7f, 7e and 6f,
Observer,
1 May 1920, page 22d.
"Half-Crown Machines at Port Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
14 March 1921, page 10c,
"A New Tote" at Morphettville on
2 May 1921, page 10a.
"Trotting and the Totalizator" is in the Register,
19 September 1924, page 9f.
The tote at trotting meetings is reported upon in the Register,
2 and 3 December 1925, pages 19a and 8e,
"Betting and the Tote" on
25 November 1926, pages 8d-9e,
"Book and the Tote" on
20 March 1928, page 8d.
"Machinery of Betting" is in The Mail,
15 May 1926, page 18e.
"The Totalizator and Bookmakers" is in the Advertiser,
11 August 1927, page 16d.
"Totalisator and Trotting" is in the Advertiser,
25 and 26 September 1931, pages 22c and 12a.
"New Tote System to be Introduced" is traversed in the Advertiser,
30 September 1931, page 19c,
16 November 1931, page 10b.
"Lure of the Doubles Tote" is in The News,
16 March 1934, page 4e.
