Lost Art Union Tickets

Press, Volume C, Issue 29557, 5 July 1961, Page 8

Lost Art Union Tickets

Sir,—The letter from "Wondering” makes unusual reading. It would seem that more than one ticket eould be printed with the same number, with several “Wet Days.” We know this is not so; facts in this case speak just as loud as any evidence. The officials know who was the seller of ticket 57568 and the seller has spontaneously identified the person to whom she sold the ticket. The number of the ticket was recorded in a diary and then the ticket destroyed. After all. not every ticket buyer really expects to strike the jackpot. Let's hope they pay out to the buyer who unfortunately is not. . . .—Yours, etc, JUST OBSERVING. July 4, 1961. Sir, —In every art union there are similar noms de plume. I recall destroying my ticket, called “Wet Day.” Without a proper check I submitted a copy of my handwriting to the art union promoters. A reply came saying that without the ticket, the win could not be recognised. Why catinot handwriting be inspected by a police official as the drawing is witnessed? Why was a prize given on handwriting some time ago. The public are the supporters of art unions; therefore they should have satisfaction from, say, a handwriting expert, the winner to pay his fees. My ticket was purchased from the winning seller.—Yours, etc, COULD BE MINE? July 3, 1961.