DUKE AND PRESSMEN
SWEEP ON THE CUP MELBOURNE, November ,4. The Duke of Gloucester took two 2/tickets this afternoon in a small sweep, first prize £2, on the Melbourne Cup. After leaving Geelong, the Duke asked that the newspaper men who have accompanied him on the tour should be presented to him, and they were
summoned to the main dining car of the train. The Duke and his staff chatted with the pressmen for half an hour, and, before the party broke up, someone suggested a 2/- sweep on the Melbourne Cup. The Duke laughingly agreed, and he. borrowed 4/- from his equerry, Captain Schreiber, and bought two chances.- With one ticket lie drew Nightly; the other was a blank. Major-General Howard Vyse drew' Ilogilla, Captain Howard Kerr Journal and Panto. Captain Schreiber Sarcherie, and Mr. Marr Hall. Mark.
There was a hearty laugh when the Scotland Yard detective-inspector who shadows the Duke drew Broad Arrow.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 November 1934, Page 9
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