"TRUTH'S" ART UNION TICKET: IT

NZ Truth, Issue 1043, 21 November 1925, Page 5

"TRUTH'S" ART UNION TICKET: IT

IS FAKE^PROOF AND ALMOST FOOL-PROOF

« T RUTH'S" exposure of the art * union as a prolific field for the unscrupulous promoter and the crooked agent has. received support throughout the Dominion. Thanks to this support and the co-opera-tion of the public "Truth", is able to announce that it has solved the problem of protecting the public and insuring that every ticket holder m an art union, shall parti- - cipate m the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii

drawing. To one man m New Zealand/ Mr. Thomas G. Klnny, of Matamata, must go the credit of evolving an idea which, if adopted by the authorities as compulsory where all art unions are concerned, should have the effect of wiping put entirely any -risk ,the

public may run where the art union, promoters themselves are The idea consists of an ordinary art union ticket with two perforated butts. The agent or seller would retain (as he does now) the butt attached to. the book. The buyer would retain the ticket itself (portion of which is perforated to permit of the second butt being detached). The ticket buyer, for his own -protection, sends his butt to the promoter and retains the ticket itself. The position then is: One butt m the hands of the seller;

one butt m the hands of the promoters* (provided the buyer sends the butt m); and the ticket m the hands of the buyer. The butt forwarded by the buyer would be used by the promoters for. the purposes of the drawing.' . Inset is a clear illustration of this fake-proof ticket with each' of its three portions marked so as to iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiinii!

show its purpose. The whole effect . of this would be:. (1). To throw upon the . ticket buyer the responsibility foreseeing that his ticket butt reaches the promoter. (2). To throw upon the promoter the entire responsibility for any financial loss arising out of the defalcation of an agent, without any decrease m the value of the prizes. (3) To eliminate absolutely, failure to hold drawing because of absence of ticket butts that have been lost, stolen or destroyed by agents.

In short, the prompter is put m the position that is at present occupied by the public. For his own protection, he. would be forced to do what is not done at present. He . would have to see that the Agents or ticket-sellers are trustworthy.. If they turned out otherwise, then the loss would be borne not by the public, but by the promoter. This ■ would result inthe /very * sudden 1 1 until i mi lmiiiiiiiimmiiiiiim termination of the

.: There wouia stm be the necessity for a thorough ex- .- amination of the affairs of the art ;. union before the drawing, to ascer- ■ tain that every ticket-holder was represented. .. . • ' It is not claimed that this, idea finally solves the problem, but it at least affords to the public a fair chance, provided that the art union has been sanctioned by the authorities. ' "Truth" commends it to The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Bollard, m the hope that he will perform his duty and see that it is used throughout the Dominion.

method m vogue of flooding the :ountry with books of tickets sent indiscriminately to all sorts of persons of whom nothing is known as to their character. It would, of ;ourse, be compiil-'. sory for the promoter to acknowledge receipt of every 'butt; forwarded to him. .»-, v _*.:ir