[SEL] Austral Raffle

Patrick Livingstone patrick.livingstone at gmail.com
Wed Sep 4 03:10:25 PDT 2013


I'm sorry, but as stated in the article you will have to contact either
Young Bros in Hamilton, probably by telegram, or by contacting the Austral
Works, Ballarat via telegraph or by phoning Ballarat 222. They may have
some tickets left...
Patrick

Patrick M Livingstone
0418 692013
Earlwood NSW
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On 4/09/13 1:10 PM, "Dave Rotigel" <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

>Hi Patrick, Please buy (US$10.00) worth of tickets for me. I'll have the
>money in the snail as soon as you provide me your snail.
>	dave
>PS, I'll arrange shipping as soon as you let me know that I've won!
>
>On Sep 3, 2013, at 7:19 AM, Patrick Livingstone wrote:
>
>> I found this interesting little snippet on Trove. Good to see R-T
>>helping
>> with the war effort nearly 100 years ago.
>> 
>>> From the Hamilton Spectator 29 July 1915
>> 
>> RAFFLE OF OIL ENGINE FOR
>> PATRIOTIC FUNDS.
>> 
>> Messrs. Ronaldson Bros. and Tippett, of the Austral Engineering Works,
>> Ballarat, have given a 10 B.H.P, Austral portable oil engine,
>> value £205, to be raffled in aid of the Red Cross and Wounded
>>Australians
>> Fund. 'The special aim into secure   £1000 by the sale of 20,000
>>tickets at
>> 1/ each. The firm undertake to start and guarantee the engine for three
>> years as usual, and supply all necessary tools and extras, and in
>> the event of the winner not requiring the engine, they will undertake to
>> sell it for him. Tickets can now be obtained at the office of the
>>district
>> ag ents Messrs. Young Bros., Hamilton and branches.
>> 
>> 
>> Patrick M Livingstone
>> 0418 692013
>> Earlwood NSW
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/Index.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
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