VICTORY LOAN MOKE THAN HALE NOW SUBSCRIBED

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24572, 22 May 1945, Page 4

VICTORY LOAN

MOKE THAN HALE NOW SUBSCRIBED

■ TOTAL OF £12,584,087' <RA;) WELLINGTON, It was to-night thaLthe half-way mark had been exceeded to the 1945 Victory Loan alter one week s campaign. To-dny’s receipts brought the total to £12J84(p87. Mok amounts and percentages of .qbjFHves of the 20 war loan dhm'ictsvfln^o^— j Wellington, £2,«ftWß Auckland, £698,332 (55); Taranaki, £494,580 (53); Otago, £1,144,106 (51); Wgirarepa, £194,899 (50); South Canterbury, £290,978 (49); North Otagojfi 146,510 (49); Wanganui, £377,073 (48); Marlborough, £119,447 (47); Northland, £206,831 (45); Nelson, £233,792 (45); Gisborne-East Coast, £195,591 (45); Westland, £147,639 (44); Hawke’s Bay, £421,096 (44); Manawatu, £480,297 (44); Buller, £45,360 (44); ’ Canftrbury, £1,264,982 (44); Waihato-King Country, £584,029 (43); Thames-Bay of Plenty, £232,942 (42). , •

£1,223,879 INVESTED IN CANTERBURY

Donations to the 1945 Victory Loan in the Canterbury district reached a total of £1,223,879 yesterday. Reports received hy the local committee indicate that there is keen rivalry between country committees in filling their respective quotas. business firms are urged to display the posters which were recently distributed to them by members of the Canterbury Junior Chamber of Commerce and women’s organisations. The Bailey bridge on display in the Square will remain for a few days-so that everyone will have the opportunity to see the bridge which proved invaluable to the fighting forces. Sporting bodies will provide the entertainment in the Square to-mor-row, the manufacturers on Thursday, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force on Friday. Totals for individual districts received by Saturday evening were as follows:~Christchurch, £950,827 15s; Akaroa, £BIB3 17s; Amberley. £6478 Is 3d; Ashburton County, £102.318 4s 3d; Cheviot, £11,937 17s; Culveraen, £4961 11s 3d; Gust, £1156 9s 3d; Darfield, £6517 Is; Punsandel, £2835 14s; Duvauchelle, £ll7B 17s 6d; Hanmer Springs, £2156 4s; Hawarden, £8251 4s 6d; Hororata, £4626 5s 3d; Kaiapoi, £10,863 13s 3d; Kaikoura, £6665 15s; Kirwee, £938 8s 6d; LeestomSouthbridge, £14,964 ss; Lincoln, £2042 3s; Little River, £4530 5s 9d: Lyttelton, £12,043 12s; .Oxford, £5590.135; Rahgi* ora, £19,747 Is; Sefton, £1361 14s 9d; Sheffleld-Sprinafield, £3604 Is; Tai Tapu, £1748 12s 9d; Waiau, £4533 3s 6d; Waipara district, £7141 10s. '