N.S.W. STATE LOTTERY

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 September 1931, Page 11

N.S.W. STATE LOTTERY

SECOND DRAWING RESULTS. SYDNEY, September 4. There was a tense moment as Sir John Butters drew from the huge barrel the winning number of the first prize of £5OOO in the second State lottery at Her Majesty’s Theatre yesterday morning. When the number —22,4o3 —was announced there were cheers and applause. Sir John Butters also extracted the number of the second prize of £lOO0 —26,960. The Under-Secretary of the Treasury (Mr C. E. Chapman) drew the numbers representing the third prize of £5OO and fourth prize of £3OO, the numbers being 86,313 and 38,337, respectively. Mr R. Gow, the maker of the barrel, then continued the task of drawing the minor prize numbers, and he was later relieved by the director of the State lottery, Mr Whiddon. A gramophone was merrily acclaiming “Happy Days are Here Again,” when a “Herald” reporter last night approached the home of a certain young man at Bondi. The record was quite literally prophetic, for the young man, a clerk in the service of the Water Board, with an office colleague,, had drawn the first prize of £5OOO in the second State lottery. The lucky winner answered the ring at the door, and immediately adopted a defensive, but polite, attitude. “I do not propose to be interviewed,” he said, anticipating the reporter’s mission. “I do not want to have the same experience as the last winner. I believe she had 50,000 letters addressed to hen” This possibility seemed to pall on the young man, although the gramophonb continued defiantly to fling out its joyous notes —“Happy Days ” “Are you married?” the reporter asked.

“Not quite,” Im replied. “What do you' intend to do with the money?” the reporter again asked. “I will have plenty to do with the money,” he parried, “and if you are going to mention the matter I should be pleased if you would say that beggars’ letters will not be answered.” As the reporter left the house the strains of “Happy Days” were still ringing out in the quiet of the night.

CRUEL HOAX.

SYDNEY, September 3

A cruel hoax was played on Downing syndicate in the second State lottery to-day. E. Alehin, employed in a Downing store, received a telegram this morning from Sydney to “Deadbeat Syndicate” care of himself which stated: “Ticket 51260 first prize second State lottery.” The signature on tho telegram was not decipherable. Alehin and the other five Downing people in the syndicate were overjoyed until it was announced on the wireless at dinner time that ticket 22,403 had won. Still thinking that there had been a mistake, Mr Whiddon was telephoned on behalf, and he stated that no ticket from Downing drew a prize.