VICTORY LOAN

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24368, 21 September 1944, Page 6

VICTORY LOAN

DISTRICT TOTAL NOW £1,173,173 The investment of £61,984 in the Victory Loan yesterday brought the Canterbury disti ict total up to £1,173,173, which is still a long way short of the £4,146,000 set as Canterbury’s quota. The Waiau and Waikari districts have made the best response to date, with £9074 and £11,022 out of their quotas of £13.617 and £17,768 respectively; and Cheviot. Little River. Culverden, and Lincoln have also responded liberally, and have contributed nearly 50 per cent, of the quota. Subscriptions to Tuesday evening, with area quotas in parenthesis, were as follows:—Christchurch, £876,800 (£3,170,090); Akaroa, £8552 (£25,412); Amberley, £4610 (£21,536); Ashburton County. £61.002 (£383,170); Cheviot, £11,421 (£23,686): Culverden. £6338 (£12.768); Cust, £1795 (£6371); Darfleld, £8176 (£22,563); Dunsahdel, £2039 (£10.193): Duvauchelle £lsOl (£3896); Hanmer Springs. £3541 (£10,344); Hawarden. £5384 (£24,538); Hororata, £6366 (£14,741); Kaiapoi, £7893 (£58,707): Kaikoura, £9830 (£38,745); Kirwee, £lOls (£4000). Leeston - Southbridge. £ 13,395 (£49,745); Lincoln, £4198 (£9618); Little River. £7052 (£14,515); Lyttelton, £14,897 (£58,070); Oxford. £6637 (£26,004); Rangiora, £19,765 (£101,000); Sefton, £1693 (£7644); Sheffield. £2918 (£10,617); Tai Tapu, £935 (£6640); Waiau, £9074 (£13,617); Waikari. £11.022 (£17,768). Recent investments include the following:—estate W. P. Studholme £2500; Wood Bros., Ltd.. £2500; Travis Trust, £1000; National Div. Sons of Temperance £4000; C. E. Good. £500; Mrs Florence E. Good, £500; G. G. MacDougall. Sumner, £500; A. and T. Burt, Ltd. (part Dominion contribution). £2000: T. Armstrong and Company, Ltd., £5000; Ballins Breweries (N.Z.), Ltd., £5000; F. C. Penfold and Company. Ltd.. £1000; Wm. Sherris, £1000; Tai Tapu Central Dairy Company, Ltd. £1000; Canterbury Steamshipping Company, Ltd.. £1000; Lichfield Shirts. Ltd.. £1000; Mrs M. S. Ballin, £500; Finneys, Ltd., £500; Murphy Bros. (Christchurch), Ltd., £500; Ford and Hadfield, Ltd., £500; Invincible Building Society of Christchurch (Permanent), £500; S.I.M.U. Mutual Insurance Association (part of South Island contribution). £2OOO. For the first time since the outbreak Of war the Wigram Air Force station will be open to the public on Saturday. when acrobatics, flying of different types of service aircraft, and a pyrotechnic and fire-fighting display will be given by personnel of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. This will be the big feature of the “Salute the Airmen” week in the Victory War Loan campaign. Commencing at 9 p.m. on Saturday a Victory War Loan radio appeal will be made. This evening a concert in support of the appeal will be held in the Civic Theatre, HOME-FRONT WAR ACTIVITY LAG IN SUBSCRIPTIONS; 12 DAYS TO GO (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 20. “The Allied plans are,moving steadily to the climax of victory, the unconditional surrender of the enemy in Europe and the Pacific. There is no holding back on any fighting front. Is it conceivable that New Zealand will fail in the financial war-task set for it .in what promises to be the year of victory?" asks the National War Loan Committee. “The conscience of patriotic citizens impels them to make financial sacrifices as their share of home-front war activity. They have not stopped to ask whether the march to victory would or would not slow down if they held on to bank balances made secure by fighting men’s sacrifices. Neither have the fighting men been daunted by the thought that there are monetary or military defaulters. “The war goes on. but just at preBent the war loan lags,” adds the committee; “but there is ample time to show that New 'Zealand’s enthusiasm for a great cause is equal to a full subscription to the Victory Loan before the final date. 12 days hence. FAMILY SAVINGS‘DAY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PARADE “To focus public attention on Family Savings Day in the Victory Loan Campaign, which will be on Saturday, September 30, a monster procession of primary school children has been arranged for the preceding Thursday, said Mr J, L. Hay last evening. The procession will go through the city, probably at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr Hay expressed appreciation of the co-operation of the headmasters and the Canterbury Education Board in agreeing to the procession. TOTAL SUBSCRIBED NOW £14,551,818 (P.A.) WELLINGTON, September 20. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan to-day was £628,194, making the total to date £14,551,818. Objective percentages obtained to date are: Southland district. 58 per cent* Auckland, 53; Otago, 44; Taranaki and, Marlborough 43; GisborneEast Coast, 40; North Otago. 36, Wanganui, 35; Manawatu; 34; Hawke s Bay 33; Wellington, Nelson, and North Auckland, 32; Waikato-Kmg Country, 29; Wairarapa, South Canterbury, and Canterbury, 28; Buller and Westland, 26; Thames-Bay of Plenty. 25.