IRISH SWEEP

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1936, Page 6

IRISH SWEEP

HAUL OF TICKETS.

-, • ; ' ... April 28. :■ Tickets representing : £890,000 „ for the Irish-' Free State sweepstake on ■‘the..'Derby, packed and addressed in stamped envelopes to the United States and Canada, the Continent, Palestine, and Argentina ; were confiscated by the Customs authorities in the small town of Silloth, Cumberland, on the Solw'ay Firth. . f This is one of the largest Sweepstake hauls ever made and is greater than any made in the drive against ticket smuggling at Liverpool', ‘ fane hester, and Holyhead. _•!. The haul was made single-handed by local Customs official. Watching the rrival in the early morning of. a team :■ that brings, passengers --and• from. Dublin ;and the/, Isle * : of » . Man, - e saw men carrying 30 suitcase? down thei gangway to two motor-car? stand agin §he 11er ofj. a warehouse; *. VV h -i the f|p ? case, had been brought mu the . ship the official challenged .... i. ee men, \\dfio - appeared to, bo in ,h- tge of the ,“<jars. . They accompanied dur to the. Customs Office,, wliere tliey garye' addresses in Wallasey, near Liverpool . 7 .Tliev helped him to .carry, the . cases into the office. ]’ ;

• There, the cases were opened. • Inside .Were 65,000. books of tickets, each book containing 12 tickets costing 10s each. Th© .books were packed in .varying numbers in ordinary commercial en- ’ velopes already stamped and addressed. !