ART UNION RESULT
A CURIOUS POSITION. WINNER IN EMPLOY OF ORGANISER. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, April 6. H. Munro Clark, the winner of the first prize of £2OOO in the Now-or-Never Art Union, is an employee in the office of the organiser, Mr W. G. Compton, who states that Clark bought a book of tickets that had been returned unsold by a Rotorua dealer. Clark also won the prize of £5OO allotted to the seller of the winning ticket. He entered his name on the stub of the winning ticket as Munro, a contraction of his name. Clark had no part in the drawing, which was by marbles from bags. The final drawing was done by Detective Sullivan. It is stipulated on the tickets that if the seller of the winning ticket is an employee of the organiser, the buyer of the ticket is regarded as the seller.
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Southland Times, Issue 20148, 7 April 1927, Page 8
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149ART UNION RESULT Southland Times, Issue 20148, 7 April 1927, Page 8
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