BEGGING LETTERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 27 November 1936, Page 6

BEGGING LETTERS

— MANY SENT TO WINNER t OF £50,000 WILL HELP HIS OLD FRIENDS’J h INTENDS TO SEE KING ( RO\s N I ,D I , (Special to “Chronicle.") TAIHAPE. Nov. 26. 1 Looking fit and well, Mr. Walter ! Devon, who recently won £50,000 in ' the Melbourne Cup sweepstake, arriv- 1 ed in Taihape by car last eevning, ac- ' companied by two old friends. In a : brief interview with a “Chronicle" re- 1 presentativc Mr. Devon said that he had received many begging letters. “Do people who ask for money I stipulate the amount they want?" in- ' quired the reporter. “Some of them do, and in some cases the amount stipulated is anything but small,” replied Mr. Devon, who went on to say that he had re- I ceived many requests lor money from I people he did not know. When he vis.ted the Bank of New | South Wales at Taihape yesterday | morning to sign along the dotted line an J so become the richer by £50,000 j less the rate of exchange between [ Australia and New Zealand, there was a bundle of mail waiting for him. Be j also received a similar bundle of cor- | respondence at Moawhango. Contrary to general belief, Mr. 1 Devon was not actually paid in cash, | but his bank’ng account was credited [ with £50,000, less exchange. On the pi esent conversion rate between Aus-1 tralia and New Zealand he should re-1 cein- £49,504 19s. He impressed as being a level- | headed man who would use his sud- | denly-acquired wealth judiciously. He i made no secret of the fact that he intends to help some of his old friends I who helped him before he jumped I from comparative poverty to riches. He has purchased a British car and is at present learning to drive it. Questioned regarding the future, Mr j Devon replied that his plans were still ! indefinite, but he added that he in- | tended to go to England for the j coronation.