ART UNION WINNER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1939, Page 8

ART UNION WINNER

FLYING-BOATS AS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Flying-boats are a profitable source •of inspiration for Miss Irene Leggott, of 10 Wyndham Street. The first prize of £2OOO in the “Lucky Future” art un‘ion, which was.drawn last night, went to her under the nom de plume of "Aotearoa,” and in 1937 she collected £lO from another art union, this lime with the pseudonym of Centaurus. There is a story behind these two lucky windfalls. When the flying-boat Centaurus made its first flight to New Zealand, Miss Leggott dreamed of the name Centaurus on three successive nights. She mentioned the fact to her Lather aijcl inquired whether this was the name of a horse. He corrected her on the point and was so impressed by the persistence of the dream that he bought a ticket in her name. That explains the win of £lO. Three weeks ago Miss Leggott’s father, Mr W. T. Leggott, decided to buy a ticket on his daughter's behalf. With a lively recollection of the last win, he decided on the nom de plume "Aotearoa" and deputed his son, Mr Frank Leggott to buy the ticket on Saturday, September 2. Mr Frank Leggott bought the winning ticket for his sister, along with two others in which he had an interest himself.