LUCKY SOLDIER.
WINNER OF BIG SWEEPSTAKE. Cable Press Association—Copyright LONDON, June 5. A message from Nairobi says that Captain Burman, aged 30 and unmarried, drew Sansovino (the Derbv winner) in' the Calcutta Sweepstake. He' is a partner in a big-game outfitting firm. He purchased five tickets with Mrs Winifred Schalk, a Naii'obi dressmaker. It was arranged that Captain Burman should have two-fifths and Mrs Schalk three-fifths. They sold half a share to a Calcutta man, foi 30,000 rupees, who cabled the offer jn Tuesday.
Captain Burman, who is a Londoner, says that he will not give up his work at Kenya, which is “the best country in the worfd.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 9 June 1924, Page 9
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