WAR LOAN CERTIFICATES
SALES APPROACHING £1,000,000.
The latest telegraphed figures show that the sale of war certificates continues to be steady The total up. to the 23rd September amounts to £924,928 16s, and, it seems safe to say that the million sterling whicii it was hoped would be ■raised under this scheme mil assuredly be exceeded before the close of the year. During the period 16th to 23rd September the sales amounted to over £26,000, Wellington, as usual, occupying the leading place in a most decided manner. From the table below it will be seen that the total sales in the Wellington district have now reached over £220,000; Christchurch, £132,000; and Auckland and Dunedin, £113,000 each. When some of the schemes whicii are now- under way for collection by local bodies, societies, and private firms mature, no doubt the other three centres will approach more nearly the totals for the capital city. 'Everyone should remember tha,t as much as possible is needed, and that every sixteen sliillings invested helps New Zealand to keep her soldiers in the best of condition to meet the enemy. Summary of sales of war loan certificates from the 11th August to 23rd September, 1916: — Auckland. 113,380 16 6 Blenheim 15,752 16 0 Christchurch 132,756 12 0 Dunedin ."?... 113,113 8 0 Gisborne 15,908 0 0 Greymouth ....."::.. 16,262 8 0 " Hokitika 7,294 8 0 Invercargill 50,516 16 0 Napier 54,982 8 0 Nelson 29,440 16 0 New Plymouth ... 39,517 12 0 Oamaru , 12,323 4 0 Thames 7 14,718 16 0 Timaru ...i 7 33,216 16 0 Wanganui 44,830 12 0 Wellington '. ! 220,359 0 0 Westport 10,554 8 0. £924,928 16 0
PROSPEROUS MAORIS
In a tour in tho Poverty Bay -district the secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Workers' Union (Mr. C. Grayndler) was much impressed with the prosperity of the Native settlers. In one settlement at Manutuke there were about 300 of them on small holdings, with very comfortable houses. They lived well, and their farms, though they were small, had a prosperous look. Many of them, of course, supplemented their returns from the agricultural and pastoral holdings by shearing and such work in the season.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 75, 26 September 1916, Page 8
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360WAR LOAN CERTIFICATES Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 75, 26 September 1916, Page 8
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