ART UNION WINNER

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 3

ART UNION WINNER

advice, of the good news,

AUCKLAND, May 15

“Don’t pu]l my leg,” said Mr A.f H. Tapper over Hie telephone when informed that h, e - Eld won the first prize of £2OOO in the Easter art union. Mr Tapper is a : retired chemist, sixty-two yeam of age, and is chairman of the Tuakau Town Board. He was for eighteen years clerk of the board, and i s well known in sporting and in agricultural and pastoral circles in the Franklin district. ' “Wait until I gc and have a look at the ticket/’ said Mr Tapper. When jt was checked over he s a td that ho was delighted at the news. He lwd received a whisper of his g°od fortune earlier, but had refused to believe it. “Once I drew a £5 prize in ’Tatt’s/ ’’ s aid Mr Tapper, “but that was, the only luck I have ever had in this lino.” .He eaid that he had had a. trip to America in mind for a long time, and possibly it might now materialise. It was suggested to Mr Tapper that most of'the people of Tuakau would soon be seeking him with congratulations. “I’ll'soon b e away as far as I can get,” he answered. “There is no doubt that it is there?’ wn.=, hi* final query. He was asoured that the best of luck had come his way this timd.