A. & P. ART UNION

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 10

A. & P. ART UNION

DRAWN LAST NIGHT. FIRST PRIZE TO TAIHAPE RESIDENT. The Golden Fleece' Art Union, promoted by' the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association to raise funds for the improvement of the Showgrounds, was drawn last night, when the interest taken by the public was reflected in an attendance of about 200 spectators. Mr J. A. Nash, M.P.. an ex-presi-dent of the association, had charge of the proceedings, and assisting him were Messrs Jas. Knight, president of the association, and L. H. Collinson, vicepresident. '■; Prior to a start being made with the draw, Mr R. P. Matheson, secretaryorganiser, explained the method of drawing, as already detailed in our columns, mentioning, inter alia, that, under the system adopted, the butts of all unsold and unissued tickets, as well as those sold, would be represented. ■ This fact resulted in the drawing out of the proceedings until a very late hour, many of the numbers formed by the pulling of the marbles out of the bags representing unsold and unissued tickets. For the drawing of the marbles the services of several ladies were requisitioned. Of the three big prizes, the first two, went to outside residents. The third prize went to a local lady. The drawing of all 63 prizes was completed shortly after midnight, when the attendance had dwindled down to about twenty. Results were as follow: First prize of £3OO : J. T. Duncan, rural delivery, Taihape (A 49761). Second prize of £75: J. R. Matthews, Featherston (A 43950). Third prize of £25: Mrs Christensen, 14 Ada street, Palmerston North (825626). Ten prizes of £5 each:—J. Ewart, Jackson, street, Petone (J 28793) ; R. Boswell, railway station, Hamilton (H 27510) ; J. Cull, 215 Church street, Palmerston North (859525) ; J. Tinson, Edendale (H 24064) ; A. P. Smith, 62 -Lincoln road, Masterton (J 43655) ; J. Logan, Rata (E 29470) ; W Fitzgerald, Petone (C 39235) ; C. Caldwell, Inglewood (D 54277) ; A. Bork, Taumarunui (J 34187) ; B. Harrison, Matipu, Hawera (E 50486). Fifty prizes of £1 each.—J. Bright, Paekakariki (858975) : Mrs S. H. Knight, Longburn (A 42738) ; H. Atkinson, White Island (H 44349) ; T. Divall, Palmerston North (D 39844) ; Mrs Mcllwraith, 34 Campbell street (A 21007) ; H. Gough, Alexander mine, Waitahuna, Lawrence, Otago (H 45960) ; J. McKelvic, ltongotea (A 44850) ; Mrs M. A. Barker, Marlborough (H 37144) ; Mrs C. A. J. Levett, Feilding (A 48527) ; A. King, Queen street, Waiuku, Auckland (F 32009) ; Mrs R. F. Bale, 190 College street, Palmerston North (E 57556) ; Mrs Turner, Post Office, Nelson (E 51002) ; Mrs J. F. Baigent, 185 Cook street, Palmerston North (H 59384) ; E. Donghin, Napier (H 35062); (ticket presented by Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd.) (A 27520) : J. H. Pound, 242 Ferry road, Cnristchurch (F 29148) ; A. Crabb, Bannockburn, Central Otago (A 45814) ; Miss A. Curtis, Molesworth street, Wellington (826902) ; J. McKay, Castle street, Dunedin (F 38909); V. M. Attwill, Horotiu (D 51343) ; Mrs Duncan, Oriental Bay, Wellington (J 38142); D. Thomas, 32 Margaret street, Palmerston In orth (A 27183) ; L. L. Luke, Fitzroy, New Plymouth (J 35807) ; E. C. Johnston,' 251 Selwyn street, Christchurch (F 21261) ; G. H. lggulden, Wellington (858765) ; T. Duffin, Moturoa, New Plymouth (B 59018) ; A. H. Cate, Tiraha, Bay of Plenty (H3725(D ; L. J. Low, rural mail delivery, Eketahuna (C 28262) : S. P. Burton, Kaitaia North Auckland (D 30189) ; C. H. Watterton, Otorohanga (C 56316) ; G. W. Brown, New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Palmerston North (J 34651) R- Lascelles, Greenmeadows, Hawke’s Bay (H 58141) ; L. Sheppard, 112 Rangitikei street, Palmerston North (A 37658) ; W. Andrews, Bunnythorpe (820657) ; Mrs F. A. Player, Northern Wairoa (H 25664) ; Mrs C. H. Knowles, Mangataiftoka (C 51876) ; Miss D. E. Hunt, Taihape (E 39233) ; E. H. Dick, Sar street, Wellington (J 38273) ; C. Dennis, Tutuanui, Morrinsville (C 21214) ; G. M. O’Neill, Karangahake (J 35166) ; Mrs B. Hands, Botanical road, Palmerston North (825126) ; Mrs A. Coombs, Palmerston North (D 27107) ; Miss Nellie Jackson, Otira line (H 48262) ; Pihau, c/o Alfred Read, Hastings (D 26351) ; P. Kauri, Box 24, Bainesse (A 25565) ; Mrs L. E. Dette, Taumarunui; (D 22496) ; E. N. Macaulay, Bainesse (C 48246) ; J. Hanly, 8 Fitzroy street, Palmerston North (A 26555) ; Miss I. Dawson, 214 Teviot street, Invercargill (F 50324) ; A. Aitken, Jackson street, Invercargill (F 53421). In some instances the names on the butts of the minor prize-winning tickets were so badly written as to be hardly decipherable. For this reason some of the names given may be subject to slight alteration.