mystery SCHEME

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12092, 3 November 1933, Page 6

mystery SCHEME

: for ENGLISH CHAR St TIES DTJKE WINDS IT UP LONDON, Oct. 21 ‘ A mystery fund, organised by the Duke of' Atholl mdien.Tn -Tidy he invited a- ..million, sportsmen to send 10s each to bri used at his absolute discretion, was wound' up to-day by fho Duke. ® The Duke -of Atholl -made his appeal after the ■ Homo Office stopped a competition which he had' organised

Jlo announces that he received £.152,000, exclusive of 10 per cent, ■remuneration: to ticket sellers. He expended £57,000 on adveitising. offices, staff, pto! and- banded £59,000 to trustees, including Lord) Moyne ban, for distribution to charities He distributed £36,000 to ticket-hold-ers, four receiving £2,000 each, four £IOOO. six £-500 and 731 received amounts ranging from £2OO to £lO. Asked how he organised the distribution to ticket-holders, he said. ’‘•The idea came from- Heaven.” Replying to the suggestion that expenses were too high, be complain ed ;of .the authorities’ previous interference, also . propaganda handicapping the. scheme. The ‘'Daily Mail,’’.’pointing out that expenses amounted to 43 per cent.,, says that the strongest objection to -these amateur charitable efforts is their cost. The moral is that the Government, like that of France, must legalise sweepstakes and lotteries.