FORTUNE MOCKED
Refusal to Continue Chain Letter A.A.A. INDIFFERENT Members of the Auckland Automobile Association Council laughed in the face of fortune last evening. Bad luck was threatened if the Association did not carry on a chain letter from Canada, but the members appeared to worry not at all. The purpose of the chain letter was to carry the slogan, ‘‘Cross Crossings Cautiously,” three times round the world, and the invitation for the Association to participate in the work came from Mr. J. Foley, of the Canadian National Railways Traffic Department, Auckland. In his letter, Mr. Foley stated that he was not as a rule given to the serious consideration of chain letters, bu.t it was his opinion that too much publicity could not be given to the admonition to “Cross Crossings Cautiously.” Most crossing accidents were avoidable, and any effort at their elimination should be supported. “I am totally opposed to chain letters myself,” declared the chairman, Mr. A. Grayson, and that was that. There was no discussion and the letter was received. The letter enclosed by Mr. Foley requested the x’ecipient to send copies on to nine friends for whom good fortune was wished. Should the recipient of the letter break the chain bad luck would follow, but if he complied with the instructions within nine days he would have good luck. The letter had been originated by a railroad officers and persons involved in it included Henry Ford, Colonel Lindbergh, Bernard Shaw, Dorothy Dix, Ramsay MacDonald, John Barrymore, Aristide Briand and several United States senators. A list of 50 persons to whom the letter had been sent up to its dispatch to the A.A.A. was appended to Mr. Foley’s letter.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 920, 13 March 1930, Page 18
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