“MILLION” LOTTERY
WON BY A PARISIAN WHO ALRCAM! POSSESSED A COMPETENCE. . PAEIS’, February JO,. The winner of-the last "million'* law • tery is'll. Causse, a gentleman who man ■' not in . urgent need of fortune's 1 as he was, already; independent, ‘ * ' • 'M. ’ Causse, who ■■■ is well on in year*, was about to sit down'to'lunch whenhe heard the hawkers c;rying the! offlcial‘list : ; of the winning numbers. Be sent hit w«‘ vant out to buy a copy, and when hie we/v rested ■on it he gasped;and' hie appetite. was'' gone—the burden of wealth ready, making itself felt. ' Leaving his lunch untasted he called n cab and drove to the Credit Poncier. with bis ticket, in return for ; which’he ra given l a receipt until the time oomea foe ' •the'money to be paid., i" M. Cansso has pi ven out .that he hae left. Paris. In spite'of ;thie ’t>rudent onnohncement, telegrams, ‘ letters 'by - pneumatic post, and bouquets are crowding.in •upon him, and the concierge hasnowfre- ■■ ceived orders to allow no one to mount 'the 'stairs to the millionaire's apart* : ; ment. ... ,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8079, 6 April 1912, Page 1
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175“MILLION” LOTTERY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8079, 6 April 1912, Page 1
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