TYPIST’S DERBY FORTUNE

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4445, 26 July 1922, Page 1

TYPIST’S DERBY FORTUNE

MISS GWEN THOMAS’ £61,000.

Miss Gwen Thomas, a typist in the

Royal Insurance Company’s office at Liverpool, who drew Captain Cuttie in the Calcutta Sweepstake, left her situation at once and has kept very much cut of. the way since af|ter Denby Day. Meanwhile the winning ticket, now a valuable security, is locked up in a safe in Liverpool. The ticket represents £116,000, half of which will be paid to Miss Thomas in about two months’ time. She will also receive £3ooo', the ■sum for which she sold a half share in the ticket. Negotiations for the purchase of this half share were conducted by cable by Mr. T. F. Dod, a member of the Royal Calcutta Turf. Club and a native of Liverpool, and it was at first concluded that he was the actual buyer. But Mr. J. H. Davies, of the Royal Insurance Company at Liverpool, told a “Daily Mail” reporter that Mr. Dod was acting as an agent, and, lie was sure, had made nothing out of the transaction.

"Mr. Dod, as a member of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club,” said Mr. Davies, “sent me a few tickets at my Request for myself and friends, including Miss Thomas. Her pseudonym, ‘Radish Tops,’ was sent to Calcutta, and when Mr. Dod 'heard the name and number he cabled congratulations to me, thinking I had drawn the winner. In fact, one paper published my name as the lucky possessor of. the Captain Cuttie ticket, and in consequence J received some begging letters. “Subsequently Mr. Dod cabled that he had been authorised io make an offer for a half-share of the ticket — £3OOO if Donnoghue rode Captain Cuttie and £lOOO less if tie did not. This offer was accepted by Miss Thomas after consultation with friends familiar with racing/’ . Miss Thomas heard pfj her success on the telephone, and she quietly remarked to the other girl, typists, “I’ve won the Calcutta.sweep.” - She then informed her manager of her success and went home. «•

Miss Thomas is a gcod-looking brunette about 30, and may be described as "a woman with no nonsense about her.” She is businesslike, level-headed, conscientious. She has received very many letters. Invested in sound securities 'her share of the Calcutta sweepstake will bring her in something like £6O a week.