Bay Of Plenty Woman Wins £2OOO Prize
(P.A.) WANGANUI, Dec. 17. A woman from the Bay of Plenty who does not wish to disclose her name is the holder of a ticket which won the first prize of £2OOO in the “Prizes for Xmas’’ art union.
She is staying with Mr. and Mrs. E. Baddeley on their farm at Akaktahi on the Wanganui-Raetihi road. Asked if she had bought many tickets in art unions, the holder of the ticket, in a telephone conversation with a reporter, replied: “Bought many? I should think that I have fust about bought the first prize.’’ She said she was crossing the street and decided to have one more try and thus used the nom-de-plume “Try Again.’’
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22822, 17 December 1948, Page 4
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