IRISH SWEEPS
HUGE SUBSCRIPTIONS STATEMENT IN COMMONS (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) Rugby, June S. 111 reply to a question in tlie House of Commons, the Home Secretary, Sir Herbert Samuel, said that if was estimated that £2;785.000, including £7.57.000 sellers’ commission, had been subscribed iii Britain for tlie Derby sweepstake, and that £2.000,000 was received in prizes. In respect of six Irish sweeps, he said that approximately £13,285,00.0 had been subscribed from Britain, including sellers’ commission estimated at, £2,357,000. The sum of £7.080,000 had been won in prizes.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3742, 10 June 1932, Page 5
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