VICTORY LOAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 195, 31 May 1945, Page 6

VICTORY LOAN.

SMALL INVESTMENTS YESTERDAY. With investments of only £2GI4 15s Gd, another poor day in the Victory Loan was experienced at Ashburton yesterday. The total in hand, £127,327 is Gd, represents 44.7 per cent, of the target. The average sum required for each of the remaining 15 days of the loan is £10,523. Commencing from to-morrow, members of women’s organisations in Ashburton will take part in a concentra ted effort for the sale of bonds, oner ating from a depot in East Street. They will canvass in the town area/on Tuesdays and Fridays until the lean closes on June IG. Announcements will be made from a loud speaker fitted to a car, which will tour the streets at intervals, aud from a speaker at the depot. DOMINION TOTAL. (P.A.) WELLINGTON. May 30. The Reserve Bank announced tonight that the total of the 1945 Victory Loan is now £14,770,057. The cash subscriptions during the day amounted to £305,358, including £27,373 of redeemed promises. Tho sum of £10,224,000 is required to fill the loan before the closing date, June 10. The amounts and percentages of objectives of the 20 Avar loan districts are now: Wellington, £2.000,142, 71 per cent; Auckland, £3,087,959, 03; Southland, £802,157 , 03; Wairarapa, £233,924, GO; North Otago, £144,316, GO; Taranaki, £557,229. 00; South Canterbury. £348,358, 58; Wanganui, £4 18,435, 57; Otago, £1,273,994 , 50; Northland. £252.1 11. 50; Hawke’s Bay £525,532, 55; Gisborne-East Coast, £238,927. 55; Manawutu, £585,915. 53; Marlborough, £133,785, 52; Waikato - King .Country, £704,655, 52; Thamos-Bav of Plenty, £287,740, 52; Nelson, £209,732, 52; Westland, £109,489, 51; Canterbury, £1,401,588, 49 ; Duller, £50,039, 48.