“BIG WINDFALL” ART UNION

Otago Witness, Issue 4038, 4 August 1931, Page 61

“BIG WINDFALL” ART UNION

" THE PRIZE-WINNERS POVERTY BAY MAN WINS £2OOO. WELLINGTON, August 2. The “ Big Windfall ” Art Union was drawn on Saturday evening, and resulted as follows: — First prize, £2OOO—J. J. Box (Waipaoau, Gisborne). Second prize, £5OO—T. Crosbie (15 Seafield View road, Auckland). Third prize, £250 —Miss J. Maeandrew (57 Botha street, Tainui, Dunedin). Four prizes, eacli of £100—“ Hard Up ” (46 King street, Wellington) ; T. P. Crowley (Lawrence, Otago) ; R. L. Stronach (Middlemarch, Central Otago) ; Mr Pitt (Mount View Station, Mangamahu). Four prizes, each of £50 —Mrs J. A. Harms, sen. (King street, Paeroa) ; Mr E. L. Salmon (care Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Auckland) ; J. R. B. (Norris street, Tauranga) ; Mr J. W. Fairweather (Te Poi, Matamata). Four prizes, each of £2s—Mr H. Simpson (Corbett street, Waihi) ; Mr S. H. Wickstead, jun. (Cardiff, Taranaki) ; Mr George Simpson (Auckland G.P.0.) ; Mrs A. J. Lyons (Avondale Station Private Bag, Gisborne). Sixteenth to Twentieth prizes—Mr G. H. S. Thrush (Wanganui); Mrs E. Williams (138 Fitzgerald street, St. Albans, Christchurch); D. Matthews^(Ngatiaura road, Onehunga) ; Mr Manning (Haven road, Nelson); Mrs H.t\ Donovan (114 Chester street, Christchurch).

£lO and £5 PRIZE-WINNERS. WELLINGTON. August 1. The remaining prizes in the Big Windfall Art Union were won as follow.—

£lO each—Rockaway Syndicate (care of Jaikes Kennedy, Prince Albert road, St. Kilda, Dunedin), M. Goddard Hardup (Waitara), J. Driscoll (Lower Hutt), ‘ Squeek and Pip” (Mornington, Dunedin), S. Watson (Pio Pio, Te Kuiti), Mr Appleby (care P. 0., Bulls), Mr James (Manchester street, Christchurch), “Two Triers” (Molesworth street, Wellington), “Nukumari” (Port street, Wellington), Miss R. Thomas (Owen street, Wellington), W. E. G. Brice (Caledonian Hotel, Wellington), Leslie Willis (Parkville, Eketahuna), Mary D. B. Berkett (George street, Dunedin), J. R. Dunlop (Waikouaiti, Otago), M. I. A. Paterson (Publij Trust, Invercargill). _ each—“ Paddy” (Percival street, Kiekieteri, Christchurch), William C. Carwell (Ferguson street, x Palmerston North), Miss Neville Burgess (Edison street, Kaitangata), N. E. Stuckberg (Devon street, Fitzroy, New Plymouth), Mr James Alexander (Glenore PO Otago), J. Sullivan (Weheka South, Westland), C. R. Turnbull (Spring street, Onelniuga), 11. Still (Wairapori street, Wellington), W. Steflins (Methven), Bob Devlin (care W. Carter, Waerenga), T. L. (Mount Albert, AuckJ. T. Brockbank (Victoria Valley, North Auckland), L. Lambert Brentwood (Trentham). Heeler Ross (Hikurangi) J. T. Rogerson (Longburn). 11. Warnsford (Grosvenor street. Grey Lynn), Mr Evatt (Beach street. Wellington), C. A. Grindle (Kohatu. near Nelson), James Guy Cooke (North Canterbury), Mrs M’Rae (Luckwell street, Wairoa), T. Place (Derby street, (Westport), G. H. Keith (care Nelsons, Hastings), E 69476 (butt missing). .Miss P. O’Shea (Timaru road, Waimate. South Canterbury), R. W. Stockdale (Burgess road, Johnsonville). T. Lukies (Chisold street, .Christchurch), C. M. Anderson (Mays road, St. Albans). R. Nicholson (Farm road, Hamilton)’ S. Goodyear and M. Knight (Ewans street, Nelson). S. Prebble (Lower Hutt). IL Mules (High street. Invercargill), “ Phar Lap” (Bright street, Auckland). H. Algar (Coutts street. Kilbirnie), Miss W. T. Gilbert (Yeitan street. Invercargill), J. D. Garea (Newhaven street, Ellerslie), Miss R. Thomson (Ngakawan, West Coast). Miss E. Dillon (Egmont street, Hawera), Miss C. Milner (Glenafton), 876166 ( 171 Ctiba street, Wellington), A. Coombe (Tolaga Bay). T. Sullivan (Surrey crescent. Grey Lynn), Harold W T ard (Masterton), L. H. S. Marshall (Fern Flat, Marton), Daisy Smith (Parapara road, Raetihi), “Sunny Boy ” (care Stan Gosper, Paeroa), David Westwood (Aikman's road. Christchurch), J. A. Oliver (ITohanga road, Ohakune), James Hill (North road, Christchurch) Mary Smith (Oxford street, Lyttelton), W’. A. Downing (Colombo street. Christchurch). Mrs J. Jones (Cheshire street, Auckland), Miss F. L. Wood (Box 57, Clyde). J. W. May (Box 83, Takapau), Mrs B. Trusler (Toon street, Invercargill), Shanford (Auckland), Miss Farrelly (Waiuku), Fannie May (Pukekohe), Mr Benner (Bank New Zealand, Auckland), T. Farish (Paroa P. 0.. Greymouth), A. T. Norris (New Zealand Shipping Company. Wellington), F. C. Hoe (Puni, Pukekohe). Sister Johnston (Greymouth Hospital, Greymouth), A syndicate (St. Leonards road, Auckland), H. Thomson (Ross street, W’oodville), Mrs Jolly (Lower Hutt), E. R. Taylor (Kaupokonui P. 0., Hawera), Mrs K. Farquhar (Taihape), Mr St. Peter (Masterton), Mrs A. E. Ruff (Alexandra), N. Bossad (Huntly). THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER. GISBORNE, August 1. The winner of the first prize in the Windfall Art Union, Mr J. J. Box, is a storekeeper at Waipaoa, 13 miles from Gisborne. Mr Box is 61 years of age, and is a married man with four children. He was formerly employed in stores on the east coast, and then came to Gisborne as a representative of Messrs Heather, Robcrton, Auckland merchants. He was later licensee of the Waerengaokuri Hotel. The ticket was purchased from a street seller in Gisborne the day preceding the closing of the art union.