GREAT IRISH SWEEPS.
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM.
LONDON, November 17,
A great Irish Free State sweepstake in aid of hospitals is to be drawn on Tuesday. It is remarkable for the enthusiasm it has aroused.
Long queues of people are to be' seen outside the selling booths and thousands of letters are pouring in daily. It is stated that the prize money already reaches the remarkable figure of £400,000. The first prize is expected to be £185,000, the second £80,000, and the third £42,000.
Yesterday 2,000,000 slips, the counterfoils of the tickets sold, were removed under an armed police escort to the Mansion House, where the public drawing is to be held.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 273, 18 November 1930, Page 7
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