ART UNION WINNER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 286, 31 October 1934, Page 8

ART UNION WINNER.

LACK OF CREDULITY. DUNEDIN, Oct. 30. “Go on! I don’t believe you !” said Mr D. Gordon Lumb, a metal worker, when a reporter carried the good news to him that he had won the first prize of £2OOO in the art union drawn to-day. In Mr Lumb’s opibion the news was too good to be true, but when he finally accepted the assurance that it was strictly correct he made no attempt to disguise his elation. “I was thinking only this morning of the art union, and how handy the prize would be,” lie said. A single man, about 30 years of age, he lives with his parents at Caversham. He is employed by a firm of ironfounders. The prize-winning ticket was only the second that Mr Lnmb had ever purchased in an art union, although for the past few months lie has been a speculator in consultations overseas. The last art union ticket was purchased by him 12 months ago, shortly after lie returned to permanent work following three years of unemployment. “Are you going for a trip to Melbourne now?” he was asked. He replied that he had no ideas at all of how he would spend or invest his money. He had one immediate mission when the reporter gave him the news: to apply to the manager for the rest of the afternoon off so that he could go home to make certain that the valuable ticket was safe.