After receiving advice that lie had won U3OOO in an Australian sweepstake, a New Zealander recently travelled across thy, ’Usman in a .storage berth to collect. He returned to Wellington in a stceiago berth on the Makura from Melbourne—presumably with the prize money in his possession. Whether it was thrift, a natural caution, or a national trait which prompted his voluntary confinement to steerage is not explained.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17178, 30 October 1926, Page 21
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