CURATE WINS £1625.
The result of the third “Golden Ballot’’ which was held in aid of tho Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and settlements for disabled ex-Servicc men, has been announced. Competitors had to select what in I heir opinion were tlic eight most popular Christian names for men and lor women, the total number cast for each being the deciding factor. Two competitors, the Rev. J. J. A. P. Fitzgerald, curate of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake, S.W., and Mr .T. Farnham, 142 Chelmsford Road, Walthamstow, E., marked their list correctly, and tho value of tho two chief prizes lias been amalgamated and divided, and they each receive £1625. Tiie names were placed in the following order by the ballot: —Mary, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Margaret, Joan, Alice, Gladys, Doris; men: George, Charles, John, Arthur, William, Henry, Edward, Thomas.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15274, 26 June 1923, Page 7
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138CURATE WINS £1625. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15274, 26 June 1923, Page 7
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