IRISH SWEEPSTAKE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21552, 25 July 1933, Page 10

IRISH SWEEPSTAKE

PRIZES ON THE DERBY NEW ZEALANDERS WIN £7OO Seven prizes, each of £IOO, were won by New Zealand ticket-holders in the sweepstake on the Derby, organised by the Irish Hospitals' Trust. Altogether, there were 4531 prize-winning tickets, the total prize-money being £1,941,843. In the previous sweepstake on the result of the Cesarewiteh there were also seven prize-winning tickets . held by New Zcalanders, but the prize-money \Vhich came to the Dominion on that occasion was about £12,000. Following were the successful New Zealanders in the Derby sweep: A A 35981, Mr. J. Tolich, Te Awamutu; AC74779, "Jean and Grace," Ponsonbv, Auckland; AJ35845, "Seagull," Snndnngham, Auckland; AJ36166, "Dole," Wellington; AK38754, "The Last Round," Ashburton; AL35922, "Spellbinder," Wostmere, Auckland; and CW85906, L. Mills. Ohura. As usual, the prizes were distributed all over the world. Following arc the amounts of prize-money won by ticketholders in the countries mentioned: Great Britain, £1,007,268; United States, £159,000; Ireland, £108,267; South Africa, £04,120; Canada. £77,212; France, £50,910; Holland, £43,731; Dutch East Indies, £32,000: India, £16,389; Belgium. £15,850; Malay States, £15.750; Switzerland, £7726; and British West Indies, £2321. One of the first prizes of £30,000 was won by Miss Louise M. Popp, aged 27, a teleobone operator, of Ridgewood. Long Island. United States. In this connection the United States Post-master-General, Mr. Farley, rescinded a ruling issued by his predecessor two years ago forbidding newspapers from publishing stories about the winners of sweepstakes. "I think the story is news," Mr. Farley said. "The only publicity I would object to would be an outright advertisement of lotteries. The law says we cannot have that. The papers can go ahead, though, print all tlio news there is about the poor chambermaid or the unemployed coalminer who bought a ticket for a shilling or two and won a million dollars in cash. T think that is a groat sjtorv always, and if it is going to impair our morals to know what is going on in the world, that is a problem for our pastors, not for the Post Office Department."