£100,000 From Tatts For New Zealand

Chronicle (Levin), 7 November 1949, Page 5

£100,000 From Tatts For New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Nov. 6. The first prize of £50,000 in the Australian sweep for the Melbourne Cup was won by Mr. W. R. Healy, of Taita, and Mrs. M. Neave, of Lower Hutt. Both work in the Ideal Laundry, Petone, and shared No. 59974 with the nom de plume "Lucky June." Mr. Healy moved into a State house in June after a 14 years' wait. A Dunedin ^message states that six members of the maintenance staff of the Sawyer's Bay tanneries accepted very calmly this morning the news of their win of £50,000 in the Tattersall's second Melbourne Cup consultation. In fact the three members of the pyndicate stopped work for about 20 minutes only to ■ congratulate one another and then returned to their morning's work. Their wives would learn of the news when they went for dinner. Of the others only one showed any excitement, and he was soon calmed b ythe stoic manner of his companions in the venture. The fifth returned home to finish the weekend washing, and he was the only one to have a "quick one" in a local hotel, while the last person to be seen by a Star reporter carried on with the presentation of trophies to competitors in the St. John* Ambulance competition. The prize winners are Messrs H. G. Wilson, J. H. Woodward, D. I. Gray, T. A. Harkness, G. T. Abrahams and J. Berland. All are members of the maintenance staff of the tanneries at Sawyer's Bay and intend to continue in their present jobs.

In addition to the above a second prize of £10,000 came to New Zealand. The first three prizes in the ordinary consultation for the week also came to New Zealand. They were: — Grand Piano, Onehunga, £10,000; B Syndicate, Musselburgh, Dunedin, £2000; Four Mugs, Palmerston North, £1250.