LOST POSITION OVER SWEEPSTAKE TICKET
MAN WON fSO AND SET UP SHOP OF HIS OWN. (Special to the “ Star.”) LONDON, June 25. Mr Harry Wheeler, a grocer’s assistant at. Havant, who was dismissed for rising his master’s shop address on an Irish sweepstake ticket, was lately discovered busy in the shop he has opened in opposition to his former employer. As “ Jumbo ” Mr Wheeler drew one of the £IOO consolation prizes, although he had only a half-share in the ticket. He was discharged after 42 years’ service by Mr G. R. Standing, who is a local preacher. “ I am my own boss now,” said Mr Wheeler, “ and, although my flutter in the Derby sweepstake brought me only £SO and lost me my job, I am sure I shall, in a few years’ time, be grateful to Mr Standing for giving me the sack. I shall be 58 next birthday, and I have been content to live in a rut for many years. “ Everything has happened for the best. I am not sorry I was sacked. Mr Standing was right to take the actibn he did. I did wrong, and am to blame, for buying a sweepstake ticket was a crime against the lifelong principles of Mr Standing, who has preached against gambling in all its forms. He told me he would do anything to help me find another job.”
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 5 August 1931, Page 5
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