HEALTH STAMP SALES
Total So Far A Record
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 10. Still with this month remaining before the 1959-60 issue of health stamps are withdrawn from sale, a record for money collected from the sale of stamps has been established. Sales since the campaign opened in September have realised £149,006 —£1649 more than the previous record of £147,357 established in the 195859 campaign, and £7825 more than over a comparable period last year. The total sales to December 31 last in each postal district, supplied by the Post Office, Wellington, are as follows (last year’s figures over a comparable period are given in parenthesis):— Auckland £24,364 (£21,628). Blenheim £l3BO (£1415). Christchurch £17,993 (£16,840). Dunedin £11,626 (£11,738). Gisborne £3399 (£3377). Greymouth £lBB5 (£1851). Hamilton £11,308 (£9907). Invercargill £5171 (£5435). Masterton £2440 (£2359). Napier £7766 (£7181). Nelson £3430 (£3017). New Plymouth £4446 (£3947). Oamaru £2134 (£1967). Palmerston North £8433 (£7642). Thames £4723 (£4377). Timaru £4032 (£3946). Wanganui £4267 (£3918). Wellington £18,829 (£19,524). Westport £7OO (£561). Whangarei £3387 (£2962). Stamps Division £7293 (£8589).
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29099, 11 January 1960, Page 8
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174HEALTH STAMP SALES Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29099, 11 January 1960, Page 8
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