HUGE SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES
IRISH FREE STATE HOSPITAL FUND FIRST PRIZE TO BE £185,000. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 5/5 p.m. London, Nov. 16. The Great Irish Free State sweepstake in aid of the hospitals; which will he drawn on Tuesday is remarkable for the enthusiasm it has aroused. .There are long queues outside the selling' booths while thousands of letters are pouring in. It is stated the prize money already has reached the remarkable figure of £400,000 and the first prize is expected to be £155,000, the second £BO,OOO, and' the third £42,000. To-day 2,000,000 slips of counterfoils of tickets sold were removed under armed police escort to Mansion House, where the. drawing will take place in public.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1930, Page 7
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