Seventh national lottery THE SEVENTH RNLI national lottery was one of the most successful yet held, raising £30,000 for the lifeboat service.

It was drawn on Thursday January 31, by Polly James and Elizabeth Estensen of' Liverbirds' fame in the presence of Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston.

chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham, director of the RNLI, and Cdr Ted Pritchard, appeals secretary. A party of children from Canford Heath Middle School were among those who watched the draw, and after it was over Polly and Elizabeth, who were at that time starring in the pantomime 'Babes in the Wood' in Bournemouth, signed lifeboat postcards for them all. The winners were: £1.000: W. G. Newbery, Worcester.

£500: Donald W. MacRitchie. St Catherines, Argyll.

£250: Mrs P. M. Williamson. Netley Abbey. Southampton.

£25: Mrs B. Massam. Hornsea, North Humberside: P. L. Colvin, Orford. Suffolk: W. C. Caldwell. Altnagelvin. Londonderry: R. E. Collier. Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire; M. Smith, Stroud, Gloucestershire; Mrs Smith. Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Nigel Albertini, Norwich, Norfolk; Miss I. D. L.

Don, Chelsea, London; J. K. Leeds. Sutton Stalham, Norfolk; Mrs C. A. Nixon, Wickford, Essex.

The eighth national lottery will be drawn on April 30. 1980..