The final stage in the Irish Hospital Trust's Sweepstake on the Grand National will be reached to-day, when the drawing of prizes will take place in the Round Room of the Dublin Mansion House. Among the thousand persons who will be privileged to witness the drawing will be many foreigners, and six linguists will be there to make the result known to the audience.
Telephone communication between Dublin and the rest of Ireland and London will be almost entirely monopolised during the period of the draw, and the telegraph staffs in Dublin will be increased. It is expected that the proceedings at the Mansion House will occupy between six and eight hours.
General O'Duffy, the Chief Commissioner of the Civic Guard, will preside at the drawing of prizes, and among the thousand people who will be present will be representatives of newspapers in Great Britain and many parts of Europe and America. In all more than one hundred Pressmen will take front seats in the Round Room, and, in addition, there will be cinematograph-men and camera-men by the score; for the Grand National Sweepstake has created intense interest, not only at home, but also abroad.
The Irish Times, March 24th, 1931.