STATE LOTTERY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21984, 20 June 1933, Page 7

STATE LOTTERY

DRAWING OF PRIZES NEW ZEALANDER’S PARTICIPATION (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, June 19. (Received June 19, at 9.40 p.m.) The numbers for the major prizes in the New South Wales State lottery today were drawn from the container by Mr Neil M‘Arthur, of Wellington, New Zealand, who is reported to be inquiring into lottery systems in Australia on behalf of the New Zealand Government. DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES IN DOMINION. SYDNEY, June 19. (Received June 19, at 10.50 p.m.) According to Mr Whiddon, director ot the State lottery, the New Zealand Parliament, during its next session, will be asked to approve legislation for the conduct of Government lotteries in the Dominion. It is estimated that upwards of 9000 applications for New South Wales lottery tickets reach Sydney from New Zealand weekly. , . MR M'ARTHUR’S MISSION CABLED REPORT DENIED. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The statement in fhe cable message from Sydney that Mr M‘Arthur is inquiring into lottery systems in Australia on behalf of the New Zealand Government was given an emphatic denial in official circles to-night. Any inquiry that Mr M‘Arthur was making, it was stated, was being made purely in a private capacity. His visit to Australia had no official standing so far as the New Zealand Government was concerned.