FIVE SHARE £12,000

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21743, 7 March 1934, Page 8

FIVE SHARE £12,000

IDENTITY OF WINNERS HOBART LOTTERY TICKET PLANS FOR USING MONEY The five members of the " Lucky Tryers " syndicate, which drew first prize of £'12.000 in th« latest sweepstake drawn in Hobart, comprises three employees of Alexander Harvey and Sons. Limited, and a mother and a wife of two of them. Each person will receive £2400 for an outlay of about Is. The lucky persons are Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cawdron, of Eden Terrace, Miss Elsie Michell and her mother, Mrs. A. L. Michell, of 10 Leslie Avenue, Sandringham, and Mr. C. Smith, of 74 Pah Road,, Epsom. The address for the ticket wa3 given as care of Albert Street, the initials being those of Mr. J. Higgins, another employee of the firm, who is one of a syndicate which regularly obtains a ticket in lotteries conducted in Tasmania. :Both Mr. Cawdron and Mr. Smith are members of their regular syndicate, the number of their ticket in this sweepstake being next to that of the winning one. The "Lucky Tryers" combination was the outcome of a remark by Miss Michell to Mr. Cawdron, with whom

she works, that she would like to try her lack in a sweepstake. Accordingly the syndicate was arranged and JUrs. Michell, who had never previously bought a lottery ticket, named the combination the r "Lucky Tryere." "It is good to know I am finished with relief works," said Mr. Cawdlron, a middle-aged man, who has not been in continuous employment in recent years. For 30 years he had invested almost weekly in lottery tickets, and had previously received, several small prizes.

j It was a case of beginners. 7 luck with Miss Michell, who had only once before subscribed to a lottery, and .Mrs. : Michell, whose first attempt this was. A visit to Australia with, a sister is : planned by Miss Micheil, a young woman, who recently suffered a severe illness. She has been employed in, her present position for about three months but intends to give tip work. Mrs. Michell has not yet decided what she will do with her fifth-share of the prize. ''The first thing I shall do will be to pay off the £7OO mortgage on my home," said Mr. Smith,, who is a married man, 36 years of age. with a daughter aged three years. "The rest will go into the bank on fixed deposit, and I shall keep on working, although rt might have been a different story if I had won the £12,000/' Mr. Smith has worked for his present employers since he was 14 years of age.. Those participating ra the third prize of £'1230 are Mrs. J. Mure hie, of 6 Hillsboro Terrace, Hamilton, two shares; Mrs. J. S. Cassidy, or Kereone. Miss Freda Snell, of "Grey Street., Hamilton, Miss Mary Bradley, of Kereone, and Mr. William. Moore, of Kereone, one share each.