HOT THEY WERE DRAWN.
ON a table ware five rows of numbered counters. Behind these stood' five nurses. Opposite the nurses sat five "other.ranks . each of whom held' a little canvas bag. . ’ - • • The fi. st row’ of counters was numbered 1 - 34, the numbers of the prizes. The next row of counters represented the thousand figures of tho &weep ticket's, while the other three rows, each of 0 - 9 represented tho hundreds, tens and units. - ' , ; When Lieut W.P.Lund, Mester of Ceremonies, gave the word each row of counters was checked into its corresponding bag and shejfen vigor rously under the eagle eyes of Officers and WQ’s. Sister Healy, looking nervous (she is more used, to operating, theatres drew out the’first counter, prize no 25, worth £2. Then the second sist tor drew e two from, the thousands bag, the next drew a five from the hundreds, the next e zero from the tens, end the next e six from the Units. Ho prize No 25 went to No. ,2506. The suspense was awful. Twentyfour numbers were drawn before the big fish was caught. Your reported mopped his brow?.., scanned his ragged ticket end sighed.
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Down the Hatch, Issue 2, 22 January 1944, Page 2
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194HOT THEY WERE DRAWN. Down the Hatch, Issue 2, 22 January 1944, Page 2
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