Racing Club Regulations




Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby revoke the regulations dated the 26th day of June, 1917, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to that part of the course situated in the District of Avondale, and known as the Avondale Racecourse, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908.

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely:

(a.) Bookmakers.
(b.) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and bookmakers’ agents.
(c.) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any racing or trotting club in the Dominion of New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, or elsewhere, if affiliated to the New Zealand Racing Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Association, or the New Zealand Trotting Conference.
(d.) Common prostitutes and persons who habitually consort with thieves or persons who have no lawful visible means of support.
(e.) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of housebreaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908; and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1908, and persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908.

The foregoing regulations of the Avondale Jockey Club were made and passed by the Avondale Jockey Club on the 20th day of December, 1918, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.

M. FOLEY, Chairman.
H. H. HAYR, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Avondale Jockey Club are hereby approved this 17th day of January, 1919.

73
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Hamilton Racing Club at a meeting held on the 9th day of January, 1919, at Hamilton, with a recommendation by the Chairman of the Club, Mr. K. S. Brookfield, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.

Mr. K. S. Brookfield, the Chairman of the Club and the meeting, moved, and Mr. G. W. Hyde seconded, and it was resolved that such regulations should be adopted, and that the Chairman be authorized to sign the same in authentication thereof.

The following are the regulations referred to:

HAMILTON RACING CLUB.
REGULATIONS.
(Under the Gaming Act, 1908.)

In pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in section 33 of the Gaming Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Hamilton Racing Club, a racing club within the meaning of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby revoke the regulations dated the 16th day of November, 1916, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to that part of the Claudelands Racecourse situated in the district of Waikato, and known as the Claudelands Racecourse, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908.

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a race meeting, namely:

(a.) Bookmakers.
(b.) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and bookmakers’ agents.
(c.) All persons under disqualification inflicted by any racing or trotting club in the Dominion of New Zealand, the Commonwealth of Australia, or elsewhere, if affiliated to the New Zealand Racing Conference, or the New Zealand Trotting Association, or the New Zealand Trotting Conference.
(d.) Common prostitutes and persons who habitually consort with thieves or persons who have no lawful visible means of support.
(e.) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of housebreaking or pocket-picking, forgery, uttering or possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act, 1908; and also idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues convicted under the Police Offences Act, 1908, and persons convicted of an offence under the Gaming Act, 1908.

The foregoing regulations of the Hamilton Racing Club were made and passed by the Hamilton Racing Club on the 9th day of January, 1919, and signed by the Chairman and Secretary.

K. S. BROOKFIELD, Chairman.
R. GWYNNE, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations of the Hamilton Racing Club are hereby approved this 22nd day of January, 1919.

85
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the Akaroa County Racing Club at a meeting held on the 8th day of January, 1919, at 171 Cashel Street, Christchurch, with a recommendation by the Chairman of the Club, Mr. John Parkinson, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.

Mr. John Parkinson, the Chairman of the Club and the meeting, moved, and Mr. Q. C. Manson seconded, and it was resolved that such regulations should be adopted, and that the Chairman be authorized to sign the same in authentication thereof.

The following are the regulations referred to:

AKAROA COUNTY RACING CLUB.
REGULATIONS.
(Under the Gaming Act, 1908.)

In pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf contained in section 33 of the Gaming Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities it enabling in that behalf, the Akaroa County Racing Club, a racing club within the meaning of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said club”), doth hereby revoke the regulations dated the 22nd day of June, 1917, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations controlling the admission of persons to that part of the racecourse and domain situated in the district of Motukarara, and known as Waihora Park Domain Racecourse, while the said racecourse is used or occupied by the said club for race meetings.

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the New Zealand Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act, 1908.

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded from the racecourse above described while the same is used



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1919, No 10


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1919, No 10





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Avondale Jockey Club Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
17 January 1919
Regulations, Racing, Avondale, Gaming Act
  • M. Foley, Chairman
  • H. H. Hayr, Secretary
  • Liverpool, Governor-General

🏭 Hamilton Racing Club Regulations

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
22 January 1919
Regulations, Racing, Hamilton, Gaming Act
  • K. S. Brookfield, Chairman
  • R. Gwynne, Secretary
  • Liverpool, Governor-General

🏭 Akaroa County Racing Club Regulations

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Regulations, Racing, Akaroa, Gaming Act
  • John Parkinson, Chairman
  • Q. C. Manson, Secretary