£12,000 WON

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19762, 18 December 1935, Page 6

£12,000 WON

LOTTERY PRIZE. BALCLUTHA WOMAN’S LUCK, NAPIER TICKET WINS £1250, AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Next week Father Christmas will he a most welcome caller to the house of “Xmas 'Box,” c/o Mrs G. C. •> Balclutha, way down South. Soma fortunate person using this very appropriate noin de plume for ticket No. 92006 has won the first prize of £12,000 net in Tattersalls 39th. £12,000 Consultation. According to the result sheet just to hand New Zealand’s luck and good fortune in these overseas lotteries has been well -maintained, for in addition to the £12,000 prize going to Balclutha, the third prive of £1250 goes to “By Cripes, Dad,” -c/o J. M. £IOOO to “We Three,” c/o W. R. Mrs 11. , Dunedin, won the seventh prize of £250. THE PRIZE-WINNER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The winner of the prize of £12,000 in a Tasmanian consultation is Mrs Grace Gould, of Balplutha, the wife of the Clutha County engineer. This is the first time Mrs Gould has won a substantial prize in the sweepstake, although five years ago she won £lO. Asked what she Intended to do with, such a large sum she replied:—“l really don’t know. It seems too good to ,be true and I can hardly realise it yet.” Mr Gould was much'less excited and merely remarked: “Wait until the numbers go up.”