VICTORY LOAN
£286,051 RAISED QUARTER QUOTA RAISED IN CANTERBURY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, September 17. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan on Saturday was £286,051, making the a total up to Saturday £12,620,357. Percentages of quotas raised to dale are:—Southland, 55; Auckland, 50; Otago, 39; Taranaki, 38; Marlborough, 38; Gisborne-East Coast, 36; North Otago, 32; Wanganui, 31; Manawatu, 31; Hawke’s Bay, 29; Nelson, 27; Wellington, 27; Northland, 27; WaikatoKing Country, 26; Wairarapa. 25; South Canterbury, 24; Canterbury, 24; Buller, 24; Westland, 23; Thames-Bay of Plenty, 21. NEARING FIRST £1,000,000 CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT EFFORT The half-holiday on Saturday caused small investments in the Victory Loan, only £20.195 being subscribed. This left the district total £3470 short of the first £1,000.000 of the quota of £4,146,000. Subscriptions last week included;— W." H. Montgomery, Little River. £2000; Banks Peninsula Power Board, £500: Christchurch Tramway Board. £5000; Simms. Cooper apd Company (N.Z.), Ltd.. £SOOO (part of Dominion Investment of £10,000): Anderson and Hudson. £1000; Alfred Louisson. £2000; McKenzie and Willis. Ltd., £2000; Joseph Willis, £1000; Point Elizabeth Coal Mines Depot. Ltd.. £500; the Hon. P. C. Webb (Westport quota). £500; Waikari Lime Company. Ltd. (allocated to countrv districts). £1000; New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. £5000; Louis Munns. £500: Simms. Jones. Ltd. £500; Wilson. Rofe and Company. £500: Elizabeth Wright. £500: Bishop and Com£any, £1000; W. H. Price and Son. td„ £IOOO. Subscriptions up to Friday evening, with quotas in parenthesis, were:— Christchurch. £785.676 (£3.317,090); Akaroa, £7524 (£25.412): Amberley, £3209 (£21534); Ashburton Countv. £58.984 (£383.170): Cheviot £8869 (£23.686): Culverden. £3255 (£12.768); Cust, £912 (£6371): Darfleld. £6893 (£22,563): Dunsandel. £2OOI (£10,193): Duvauchelle £466 (£3896); Handier Springs, £3043 (£10.344): Hawarden. £4048 (£24.536); Hororata. £5199 (£14.741): Kaiaooi. £6489 (£58,707): Kaikoura £8471 (£38.745): Kltwee, £464 (£4000); LeestonSouthbridae. £9277’ (£49.745): Lincoln. £3743 (£9618): little River. £6OBI (£14.515): Lvttelton. £13,972 (£58.070): Oxford. £2220 (£26.004): Rahgiora. £14.737 (£101.000); Sefton. £1583 (£7644): Sheffield. £1793 (£10.617); Tai Tanu. £725 (£6640); Waiau, £7378 (£13.617): Waikari £9402 (£17.768). Air Force week will open to-dav with formation flying over th«» city If fine. Miss Gloria Lyons will be brought from the Christchurch Hospital to see in Cathedral square at 12.30 b.m. the Warhawk fighter from the Pacific theatre which bears her name.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24365, 18 September 1944, Page 6
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