IRISH SWEEP

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 3

IRISH SWEEP

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE'

FOUR PRIZES TO ONE MAN

(From "The Post's" Representative^ ■■ ■ LONDON, October. 27.

Judging by the.number of prizes al« located to New Zealauders in the Irisli Sweep on the Cambridgeshire, the Do* minion must have supplied a not inconsiderable sum for tlic upkeep of Irish Free • State hospitals. , • -

Since the .Derby of 1932, when the receipts reached, their highest! point— £4,128,480-^subscriptions'to the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes -'have beeii steadily declining. • ■ ■ .

When.the draw .for the ..Cambridgeshire! began it was. revealed that the total' receipts were only £2,726,628. This is the lowest 'amount received since the first two sweepstakes. i It is generally believed that the.'drop in revenue is largely accounted for,by, fewer subscriptions front Great Britain. On the other hand, there has been" an increase in the number of tickets sold abroad, notably, in America and South Africa., ; . The amounts available for distribution were: In prize money, £1,707,717; to the hospitals, £504,868;, The balance of £514,043 represents the promoters' expenses and ■ the amount claimed by the Free State Government in stamp duties. ■, The valuable 680 prizes drawn on tha first day were distributed as follows:— Great Britain, 36?; United States "and Canada, 138; Ireland, 50; rest of tha world, 123. One of the strange incidents of the draw was the case of Mr. Coady, or Dublin. On. the Saturday his name came out-of the drum for Scattercash and for Galvani. • On the following day his name was again associated with a.horse prize-winner—Stalky—and later in the day he was'called for one of the £100 awards. . ' ■ ' ' ' At least two of the prize-winning tickets Were held by individuals who had been successful in previous draws. Mr. ■ Harry- Earl, of Shearer Road, Portsmouth, who, with, the nom-de-plume "Money Spiders," drew Inglesant, drew Light Sussex in the last Derby draw and won £1500. . When he returned1 home from his work at an, iron -and metal merchant's shop and was told the news he exclaimed, "What, again?" He refused to say another word. ■' ■' ,■•..■■• ■'.■'■•- ■".'. .-'■'.■■

frhe nom^de-pluine , "Battledowh," which drew Ole King, Sole, hid the identity of 20 people in the little village of Oakley, near Basingstoke. Two year* ago a syndicate/composed of practically the, same people drew Harewobd ; iii the Grand; National. ' .. ■;

; ;A Raymond ticket was held by six working imeii in Deptford under the nom-de-plume "NW pr Never." The syndicate includes omnibus' cleaners, a barman, and 'a stevedored An omnibus, cleaner,! Mr. H. J. Bennett, of Hosier Street, Deptford, said that, the syndicate had had ,a meeting jori hearing the news and decided not to sell any of ihe ticket. "Eaymond, of course, won, and the syndicate divide £30,000 between them. " , . ; - .. . • .

The New Zealand winners of prizes were: —H. Eastgate, Auckland Infirmary, Epsoni, Gino; "Punga and Bunga,". Ava Street," Petone, Alluvial; Mangarewa Syndicate, Banolf Street, Botorua, The Font; Two* of Us Syndicate, Inglewood, Hill Cat;: c/o ,B. Gardiner, New Plymouth, Commander III; Nell Volo, Merivale Avenue, Epsom, La Beeassine; Pap Syndicate, c/o Kofcs Bros., Papakura, Coup de Lyon. Lesser prizes were won by Eefie, Dunedin; V., Auckland; Away Down South, Herbertville; Black and White Syndicate,, Nelson; H. N Henderson, Auckland; ,J. Purvis, Bangiofa;' the 'Tudor" ■Syndicate, Wellington. ';;. ,;- . -