WOMAN WINS.
EXHIBITION PRIZE. MILLIONTH VISITOR. What does it feel like to be the centre of attention for thousands of eyes, the millionth visitor to the Centennial Exhibition? Sitting in the directors' room, where she was entertained at afternoon tea after she had received the handsome radio set presented for the millionth visitor, Mrs. T,. D. Cogan, 302, Main North Road. Dunedin, appeared to find the unique occasion as pleasurable as it was exciting. Mrs. Cogan. whose husband is a traveller in Dunedin, said that she had taken a house in Wellington for a fortnight, and with her daughter, had been at the Exhibition every day it was open since her arrival. She had planned to meet Mrs. Baird at the Exhibition, but instead they had met on the tram which was taking tlieni out to Rongotai. They had idly discussed the possibility of being the millionth visitor, but had thought little about it as they passed through turnstiles.
"I was speechless with excitement when Mr. Hainsworth took my arm and told me I was the lucky person," she confessed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1940, Page 12
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