OVER £75,000 PAID IN

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 84, 5 October 1940, Page 13

OVER £75,000 PAID IN

OTHER LISTS TO COME

Donations received for the Aeroplane Fund, which closed on September 30, so far total £75,729 2s 6d, the Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Nash) stated today. As there are still a number of lists outstanding, the total amount raised is not vet available.

Collecting authorities are requested to lodge receipts to the Public Account without delay so that a remittance may be made to the United Kingdom Government. Amounts acknowledged are as follows:—

Previously acknowledged, £71,996, 11s 7d; Marlborough Provincial Patriotic Council, Blenheim (second instalment). £111 9s; York Bay, Readers, Wellington, £2 10s; Takapau Patriotic Committee, Takapau, £96 14s; Union of Jewish Women, Wellington, £5 ss; Mr. and Mrs. D. H. S. Riddiford, Featherston, £25; the Rev. and »Mrs. Mann, Martinborough, £1; Hastings Borough Council List, Hastings, £2097 15s 7d; Marlborough Provincial Patriotic Council, Blenheim (third instalment). £17 10s 6d; Settlers of Lower Pelorus Sounds (including Okaha, Titirangi, and Wakatahuri), £44 15s 9d; F. and H. C. Percy, Alfredton (Eketahuna County Council), £10; Kaponga Town Board List, Kaponga. £49 ss; Nelson City List (third and final instalment), £504 12s 6d; Mayor's List, Te Kuiti, £144 6s 6d; Ashburton Guardian's List, Ashburton, £130 12s 4d; Pa tea and Waverley Press list, Patea, £27 0s 9d; Borough of Tauranga List, Tauranga, £60 4s 6d; Matamata Borough Council List, Matamata, £409 9s 6d; total, £75,734 2s 6d; less amount paid to Public Account in., error by National Patriotic Fund Board (refunded), £5; net total, £75,729 2s 6d.