There was & general craning of necks as the drawing staff took their positions, and the numbered.
Special new brass drums were used for the drawing, gleaming, witn polish and with bright red patch Lettered in Chinese and English to distinguish them, one small drum was used for the' prize number, th gonbre and large drum for the first four digits of ticket _numbers and another small drum for the last two digits of the ticket cumber rom each drum there led a brass gutter several feet long, each ter Tninating in la glass bow! placed near a Marconi microphone. The ttering impedimenta seemed to jeinate the crowd when it. first collected. enstntsfor special guests and for press occupied the lower part of the stand, while the public thronged the "upper portion and ides, some even taking shelter
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