PRIZES WON BY NEW ZEALANDERS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 10

PRIZES WON BY NEW ZEALANDERS

Lottery in Tasmania WAIRARAPA FARMER’S GOOD FORTUNE By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, May 7. .Advice was received to-day that New Zealand subscribers had won the fourth and seventh prizes on a consultation of £12,000 drawn in Hobart, Tasmania, under Government supervision. The winner of the fourth prize, which amounts to £lOOO, was ticket number 132130, held by W.E.A., Geddelbahr, Martin-borough, and the seventh prize ot‘ £250, ticket number 26957, is held by the Full Crop Syndicate, care of Mrs. N. N. Tahunanui, Nelson. The winner of the fourth prize of £lOOO is believed to be Mr. W. E. Arcus, a farmer, living about 15 miles from Martinborough, in the Wairarapa district. Mr. Arcus’s farm is named Geddelbahr, after the spot in Gallipoli where he was wounded during the war. He has not yet received his ticket, so the number cannot be confirmed, but as he invested in the lottery under the name of “W.E.A., Geddelbahr, Martinborough,” he is practically certain to be the winner of the prize. Mr. Arcus is married and has five children. He is engaged in sheep farming, and has 700 acres of land.

When informed of his good fortune by telephone, Mr. .Arcus said he had not formed any definite plans as to what he would do with the money, as he had never really expected to win a prize. The news had come as a complete surprise, but he had no doubt the money would be very useful on the farm. This was the first occasion on which he had invested in a lottery for several years.