GIFT TO DON BRADMAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

GIFT TO DON BRADMAN.

MR. WHITELAW'S £IOOO.

M I HAD A LITTLE TO SPARE."

Mr. Arthur Whitelaw, the wealthy Australian who made the gift of £IOOO to Don Bradraan, the now famous Australian cricketer, owes his fortune to a discovery of a secret process for making labour-saving soap. He has lived in London for six years. A grey-haired, middle-aged man, Mr. Whitelaw is suspected by his friends of many secret acts of generosity in thai cause of cricket and clean sport. When ho was seen by a reporter, Mr* Whitelaw said: —

" I am Australian born and bred, and I am naturally very proud of young Bradman making all these runs and breaking records just as fast as he can. " His is a wonderful performance, especially for a boy of twenty-one, and it just struck me that he deserved some sort of recognition that would be useful to a young fellow on the start of his career. " Boxers get huge sums of money for achievements of far less importance in boxing than Don Bradmaa's feat is in the realm of cricket. " We must give our young cricketers all the encouragement wo can. Cricket is still the greatest of all games, and I hopo we shall always get the best talent of both sides represented at the test matches. , " It is not my intention that this should be looked upon as a personal gift, but as a slight mark of appreciation on behalf of Australia and Australians the world over. I know that money is rather tight back there at present, and I just happened to have a little to spare. That is aJ. tnere is to it."