Dobson Family Wins £12,000

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30172, 2 July 1963, Page 18

Dobson Family Wins £12,000

(From Our Own Reporter) GREYMOUTH, July 1. The first prize in the Golden Kiwi lottery No. 105 went to a Dobson family, “We Five.”

The family comprises Mr and Mrs Norman Finch, their «ter, Mrs P. BlanchfleJd, usband, Mr P. Blanchfield, and Joanne Blanchfield, their nine-weeks-old daughter. Mr Blanchfield is a son of the member of Parliament for Westland.

They have been taking tickets in the lottery for some time. Until the arrival of their grand-daughter, Mr and Mrs Finch, who had been purchasing the tickets for the syndicate, had used the name “We Four.” ’

Mr Finch is a truck driver and Mr Blanchfield is a trucker at the Dobson State mine.

This latest win of the first prize in the lottery makes the third success for West Coast purchasers of tickets. The first was in No. 9, the winner being Mr C. Nightingale, a postman, of Hokitika; the second was in No. 17 when Mr L. Grant, a railways guard, of Greymouth, was successful.

Following is the unofficial prize list. Official results, including £5 prizes, will be advertised later.

£12,000 117805, "We Five Synd.” Dobson. £3000 155187, “Tail Along.” Kaukapakapa. £1500 37315, “Paul and Dad,” Masterton. £1000 123259, “Texetnul, Hawera. £750 239739. “Fellow Travellets,” Otahuhu. £550 30250. ‘Black Cat Synd.” Wellington. £400 175725, "Dad and I Synd.,” Ruawai. £300 147815, “P.PJP.U.,” Dunedin. £250 129785. “Five Mugs Synd.” Ohakune. £200 218866. P. beeves. 27 Meadowbank road, Remuera.

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