"BIG THREE" ART UNION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 134, 8 June 1926, Page 7

"BIG THREE" ART UNION.

DRAWING OF PRIZES.

FIRST THREE GO SOUTH, i

RESULTS OF DRAWING. i

The drawing of prizes in connection with the Big Three Art Union was car-; ried out in the Scots Hall last night, j Prior to the official ceremony, it was announced that this big fund-raising campaign on behalf of the two Auckland sports bodies concerned, the Maungakiekie Golf Club and the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association, had resulted in a satisfactory profit, but definite figures were not yet available. The winners of the prizes of £25 or over are as follow:—First prize, £1000, No. 881,397, Elsie Cann, 99, Victoria Street, Hamilton; second prize, £1000, No. J56,196, Uncle Alf, Palmerston North; third prize, £1000, No. 872.954, A. Jack. 63, Perth Street, Christchurch; fourth prize, £250, No. H61.712, Mrs. G. Bailey, 101, Cooke Street, Lyall Bay; fifth prize, £25, No. G64,644, Ewan Smytbi Wakanui Station, Wairoa; sixth prize, No. F96.688, C. Butters, Rangiora; seventh prize, £25, No. F61.152, J. L. Morgan, 74, Selwyn Street, Spreydon; eighth prize, £25, G24.407, W. Clough, 8, Groove Road, Edendale.

MR. W. CLOUGH, of Edendale, who woo the eighth prise. Although the drawing was carried on with the utmost expedition, it was no till the early hours of the morning tha the committee in charge of the drawinj had completed the big task. The actua drawing of the numbers was performei by Mr. F. N. Bartram, M.P., and a»eo ciated with him were:—Messrs. £. W Griffiths, representing the Aucklan Lawn Tennis Association; L. G. Tayloi, representing the Maongakiekie Golf Club; W. G. Compton, Dominion organiser of the "Big Three"; F. V. Home, Canterbury organiser; and Detective O'Sullivan, representing the Police Department. Mr. J. S. Hardwick was elected by vote of those present in the auditorium to represent them on the stage. The first step was the drawing of the order of the first thirteen prizes, which which was carried out by drawing numbered marbles from one of m series of small bags suspended over the stage. The first marble drawn was No. 12, representing a prize of £20. The next step was to draw the series number, and then in quick succession the figures representing tens of thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens and unite were drawn. Great interest centred round the drawing of the first three big prizes, each of fIOOO. The third prize was the 'second to be drawn, and when a Christchurcb. man was announced as the winner, someone in the audience called out: "Send him a night letter wire." A Palmerston North resident whose name appeared on the ticket butt as "Uncle Alf" secured the second prize, and the first, which was drawn last of the three, went to Hamilton. Up to this stage most of the prizes had gone south, but there was a round of applause when it was announced that the last of the first thirteen prizes had been won by an Auckland resident. The prompt and effective manner in which the drawing was carried out and the unfailing accuracy with which the identity of each prize-winner was traced to the trays containing the ticket butts was the subject of much favourable comment. The tremendous amount of work involved in getting everything ready for the drawing had involved several "all night sittings" in the last few days of the art union, and it was a very tired band of officials that saw the big task completed this morning.