Racecourse booth at Wingatui

The caretaker of the Wingatui racecourse has been in the habit of collecting empty beer bottles left by patrons of the races held there at the conclusion of each meeting and it is understood that subsequent to the last Dunedin Jockey Club meeting he collected some 400 “dead marines”, as against 2000 at a previous meeting. It might be explained that at the last meeting a licenced booth was in operation, whereas on the previous

occasion there was no such institution. At the Hunt Club races on Saturday last a booth under Mr Dawson was again in operation, and a visit of inspection was paid to the booth by several members of the Licensing Committee and the subinspector of police. It is understood that satisfaction was expressed at the manner in which the booth was conducted, and there is reason to believe that the licensing of booths on racecourses in the Dunedin South Licensing District will be extended, so satisfactory has been the experiment in the direction of curtailing drunkenness.