AUCKLAND SYNDICATE WINS £12,000

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 112, 5 February 1935, Page 10

AUCKLAND SYNDICATE WINS £12,000

Tasmanian Consultation GODSEND TO RELIEF WORKERS By Telegraph.—Press Association Auckland, February 4. The first prize of £12,000 in a Tasmanian consultation has been won by aii Onehunga syndicate. The ticket, •was taken out in the name of Mrs. G„ Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand. The members of the syndicate are Mrs. Gates, wife of Mr. E. Gates, bootmaker of Te Papapa; Mrs. Peterkin, wife of Mr. J. Peterkin, painter, of Onehunga; Mr. W. Hooker, Te Papapa, and Mr. W. Molloy, of Onehunga. The £12.000 will be divided equally. / Both Mrs. Gates and her husband are elderly. Mr. Hooker is married, with five children. He has been on relief or sustenance foil the past two and a half years. He said he had had a' hard time. The prize was a godsend. The depression had resulted in Mr. Peterkin being without work for considerable periods. He is married and has four children. Mr. .‘/nd Mrs. Molloy are in charge of the branch of the Onehunga co-operative stores. The third prize of £1250 was won by New Zealanders,- the ticket being in the name of “77 Syndicate,” Masterton, New Zealand, and number 129,433.