LUCKY GAMBLE
IRISH SWEEP WINNER PLANS.FOR THE FUTURE LONDON, Nov. 2.1. When Mr. Prescott, a member of Ihe Civil Service 1 at Belfast, who shared the first prize in the Dublin sweep, reached his home town, lie said: “1 shall resign my job. I cannot go to the office and receive the bosses’ orders when I am a £-10 a week man. Besides, i do not want to keep another man out of a job. I shall return to England. I have been in Ulster 20 years. There is only niv wife arid terrier to share my luck. We shall make a world lour.”
Mr. Prescott landed with bis hat pulled down and his coat collar pulled up. He ordered a couple of beers, and told tlic barman to keep llie change out of 20s. His wife met him at a friend’s house, and they were afraid to go home, their house being besieged all day long. The wife says that she means first to help some needy folk she knows.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17425, 25 November 1930, Page 7
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