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of an order on the said petition may appear at the time of
hearing in person or by his counsel for that purpose; and a
copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or
contributory of the said company requiring the same by the
undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

J. R. WOODWARD, Solicitor for the Petitioner.

Address for Service: The petitioner's address for service
is at the offices of Messrs Duncan, Cotterill and Co.,
Barristers and Solicitors, 97 Worcester Street, Christchurch.

NOTE.—Any person who intends to appear on the hearing
of the said petition must serve on or send by post to the above
named notice in writing of his intention so to do. The notice
must state the name, address, and description of the person,
or, if a firm, the name, address, and description of the firm,
and an address for service within three miles of the office
of the Supreme Court at Christchurch, and must be signed
by the person or firm, or his or their solicitor (if any), and
must be served, or, if posted, must be sent by post in
sufficient time to reach the above-named petitioner's address
for service not later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the
22nd day of November 1954.

TOTALIZATOR AGENCY BOARD

RULES RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AT OR THROUGH TOTALIZATOR
AGENCIES

BY resolutions passed the 18th day of October 1951, the
13th day of March 1953, and the 21st day of October
1954, the Totalizator Agency Board, pursuant to the authority
and for the purposes given by section 7 (1) (d) of the
Gaming Amendment Act 1949, made the following rules:

1. Interpretation

In these rules, if not otherwise inconsistent with the
context,—

"Totalizator agency" means any office, sub-office, or
individual agency established by the Board pursuant
to Part III, clause 2, of the approved scheme at
which investments are received direct from the
public, and includes any district office or the Head
Office of the Board during such time as such office
is being used to receive investments direct from
the public:

"The approved scheme" means the scheme for the
establishment and operation of totalizator agencies
in respect of race meetings as was approved by the
Minister of Internal Affairs on the 20th day of
September 1950, and any amendments or modifications
thereto duly approved;

"The Board" means the Totalizator Agency Board
established by the Gaming Amendment Act 1949:

"The club" means a racing or a trotting club:

"Course" means the place where a race meeting is
held:

"Race meeting" means any race meeting in New
Zealand at which the totalizator is operated and
includes trotting:

"Rules of Racing" means the New Zealand Rules of
Racing and includes the New Zealand Rules of
Trotting.

2. Purpose of Rules

The purpose of these rules is to supplement the operation
of the approved scheme by making provision for the conditions
under which investments will be accepted at or through
totalizator agencies and for other matters incidental to the
operation of the approved scheme at totalizator agencies.

Relevant clauses of the approved scheme in so far as
such clauses relate to the conditions under which investments
will be accepted at or through totalizator agencies, together
with a copy of these rules, shall be exhibited in each
totalizator agency in a position readily accessible to the public.

3. Commencement and Application of These Rules

These rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of
November 1951, as from which date the rules made by the
Board on the 15 March, 18 April, and 15 June 1951, shall be
deemed to be revoked. Provided, however, that any matter
which had originated under the said rules hereby revoked shall
ensure for the purpose of these rules as fully and effectively
as if it had originated under these rules.

These rules shall apply to all persons investing or attempting
to invest at or through any totalizator agency declared
by the Board to be open for receiving investments direct from
the public for transmission to the course.

4. General Conditions Relating to Investments At or
   Through Totalizator Agencies

(a) Persons Bound by the Approved Scheme.—Any person
making an investment or attempting to make an investment
at or through a totalizator agency shall be deemed to accept
and be bound by the relevant provisions of the approved
scheme.

(b) Persons Bound by Rules of Racing.—Any person
making an investment at or through a totalizator agency shall
be deemed to accept and be bound by the rules of racing
relating directly or indirectly to entries for and the running
of races, the powers of the stewards or committee of the club
holding the race meeting in respect of which the investment is
made, and the calculation of dividends.

(c) Prohibited Persons may not Invest.—No person who
is prohibited from entering upon the premises of a totalizator
agency by virtue of regulations made under section 7 (2) of
the Gaming Amendment Act 1949, may himself, or through his
agent, invest at or through a totalizator agency, and no person
acting in breach of this rule shall be entitled to a refund of
any amount paid by him or to any dividend which otherwise
would be payable thereon.

(d) Unit of Investment.—The unit of investment for
win and place betting shall be 10s. and for doubles betting 5s.

(e) Dividends.—The dividend for a 10s. investment will
be that declared on the totalizator for 10s. The dividend for
a 5s. investment shall be a quarter of the dividend declared on
the totalizator for £1, except that no fraction of a shilling
shall be paid unless such fraction exceeds 6d., in which case
6d. shall be paid.

(f) Brackets and Alterations Thereto.—Subject to the
special provisions of rule 11B relating to investments on the
doubles totalizator, in so far as they may apply, the following
provisions shall apply to investments made on any horse
included in a bracket:

(i) Where horses are bracketed on the totalizator,
whether such horses are bracketed or not, or
whether some only are bracketed in the official
race card of the Club or in the notices exhibited
by the Board pursuant to rule 5 (f), all investments
received by the Board on such horses or
any of them will be invested on the totalizator
number of the bracket containing such horses:

(ii) Where a horse in such bracket is scratched, the
investments shall remain on the horse or horses
remaining in the said bracket, except that when
the investments received by the Board on the
horse or horses that are scratched can be identified
and withheld or withdrawn from the
totalizator, a refund will be made of such
investments and the investors thereof shall have
no interest in the dividend that may be payable
in respect of the horse or horses remaining in
the said bracket. Where such scratching is
made at such time or in such manner that the
investments cannot be recovered from the
totalizator, they shall remain invested on the
bracket:

(iii) Where the Board exhibits in its notices a bracket,
but the horses shown in the bracket are allotted
separate numbers on the totalizator, then all
investments received by the Board on such
horses so shown as a bracket or any of them
shall be refunded, and the investors thereof
shall have no interest in the dividend or dividends
that may be payable in respect of such
horses.

(g) Rejection of Investments.—The senior officer on duty
at any totalizator agency, unless otherwise directed by the
Board or the General Manager of the Board, shall be entitled
to reject at any time and without giving any reason therefor
part or all of any investment.

(h) Refund of Investments.—(i) Scratchings: Subject
to the provisions of rule 11B hereof relating to investments
on the doubles totalizator, if a horse, including a bracketed
horse, is scratched, the investor may at his option nominate
a substitute or apply for and receive a refund at the totalizator
agency where the investment was made, up to fifteen
minutes before the advertised time of closing for the receipt
of investments for the race concerned. If the investor does
not nominate a substitute or apply for and receive a refund
as aforesaid he shall nevertheless be entitled to a refund of
his investment, subject, however, in the case of bracketed
horses, to the provisions of rule 4 (f) (ii).

(ii) Failure to Record Investments on the Totalizator:
In any case where any investment, whether for win or for place
or on the doubles totalizator, has been received by the Board
but by reason of failure in transmission or other failure has
not been recorded on the totalizator, such investment shall be
treated as if in fact it had been recorded on the totalizator.

(iii) No Place Pool: Amounts received for transmission
and investment on the place totalizator for any race will be
refunded if for any reason the place totalizator is not
operated for that race.

(i) Minors.—No investments by or on behalf of persons
under the age of twenty-one (21) years will be accepted.

(j) Race Meetings for Which Investments Will be Accepted.—Investments at or through any totalizator agency
will be accepted only for such race meetings or races as the
Board from time to time shall direct in respect of any such
totalizator agency.

(k) Investments Received on Meetings Subsequently Postponed.—(i) All investments received in respect of a race
meeting which is postponed to a later date will be retained by
the Board and will be invested on that later date in accordance
with the original instructions.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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