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AN UNLUCKY "CHARM." STOLEN DOOR KNOB. RETURNED TO SECRETARY. Mr. Jack Nagle, the secretary, of the Williamstown Glut, received an interesting "letter" in his mail the other clay.
• It was the brass knob from a door. Tied round the top of the knob was a tag, on whicli was written the address of the Williamstown secretary, and on the otl*er side, "This is the knob of a door which I 'pinched' some time ago at Williams town racecourse. Ever since I have bceii unable to back a winner, so I am sending it 'back in the hope that my luck' will change." I have never heard that .brass knobs were unlucky (says a writer in an Australian paper), but evidently they are and this may act as a warning to other kleptomaniacs who go racing, and who take a fancy to such uninteresting items which happen to be the property of a race club.
When Jack Nagle was telling me about the brass knob on Saturday, a well-known owner was listening in. He said, "I hope the chap who took my wallet—well filled with notes—considers it unlucky, and sends it back."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 24
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