IRISH SWEEP
MILLION IN PRIZES. [United Press Association—By Electri Telegraph. —C_ pyrigbt. J DUBLIN, March 1-1. . L is estimated that the prizes in the Dublin Sweepstakes will be: First. £300,000; second. £150.000; third, £IOO,OOO. fn addition £90.000 will be distributed io the horse holders, and £360,000 in prizes of £IOOO each. Extraordinary subterfuges hav e been used ii.v English speculators to overcome the restrictions on the sweep m Britain. One business house in Dublin received a cage containing a pigeon and a substantial sum was hidden In the cage. The pigeon was then released. and it Hew to England with the necessary tickets. Old boots, inner tubes, and boxes of chocolates have also been useiT to convev inonov to Dublin.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1931, Page 6
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120IRISH SWEEP Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1931, Page 6
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