IT WAS QUIPS AND LAUGHTER all the way when Paul Daniels, comedian and conjuror, drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's ninth national lottery at Poole HQ on Thursday July 31. The draw was supervised by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, John Atterton, deputy director, and Cdr Ted Pritchard, appeals secretary, and among those who gathered to watch was a group of Poole Sea Scouts and Cub Sea Scouts. Paul Daniels, who last summer helped sell souvenirs on Great Yarmouth's flag day, had come across to Poole from Bournemouth where he was enjoying a successful summer season atthe Pavilion Theatre.

The ninth lottery was the most successful yet, raising nearly £25,000; the winners were: £1,000: P. Mount, London N13.

£500: M. Cleary, Canterbury, Kent.

£250: M. Beckton, Cumwhitton, Carlisle.

£25: Mrs. P. M. Pope, Liphook, Hampshire; Miss M. Thomas, Christchurch, Dorset; T. Marchbank, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire; Miss M. H. P. Gettings, Warrington, Cheshire; P. F. Whelan, Yealmpton, Devon; Mrs. H. Lane, Woolwich, London; D. Newport, Stone, Aylesbury; Miss M. Humphreys, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides; J. H. Lansdell, Melbourne, Derbyshire; and David Gaunt, Otley, West Yorkshire.

The tenth RNLI national lottery will be drawn on October 31, 1980.

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