DISAPPOINTED TICKETHOLDER
j THOUGHT FIRST PRIZE WAS HIS I United Prems Association) WELLINGTON. This Day. j The number of the winning “My | Luck Turns” art union ticket, held by ! “Two Drunkards,” 501 a Colombo street. Christchurch, was 193622 and not 193662. as inadvertently reported. The ticket with number 193662 is held by a youth at present visiting his parents in Dunedin. He gave instead of his name the numerals on a bank note, with which he paid. DUNEDIN, This Day. At present in Dunedin visiting his parruts is a young North Canterbury farmer, Mr W. P. Whinray, who yesterday had some reasons to believe that’t he first prize ! of £2OOO in the art union was his since his j ticket bore the number 193662 telegraphed. However, a mistake was apparently made iu submitting the number for telegraphing correct number 193.622. The disappoint, cd young man, a son of Mr -J L. Whinray, reads superintendent at Dunedin, has accepted his disappointment philosophically and will try again.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 July 1939, Page 6
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