NATIONAL SAVINGS
THE FLAG COMPETITION
. For the first fortnightly ": r period $n'i the' second stage of the national" savings flag competition several changes in,"leading towns" are recorded as at April 23. This was not unexpected, as the contest for the greatest number of national savers in proportion to the size of the community is now restricted .to towns with a population of 500 or more. The new arrangement provides the opportunity - for the larger towns to win the-emblem of supremacy, the national savings flag. The changes now disclosed are:—r Auckland district, Ruawai replaces Whitford. Blenheim district, Seddon replaces Ward. Hamilton district, Rotorua replaces Te Anga. Invercargill district, Edendale replaces Waikaka. New Plymouth district, Stratford replaces Awakino. Palmerston North district, Pongaroa replaces Weber. Wellington district, Featherston replaces Alfredton. In the eighteen postal districts throughout the Dominion at which the national savings flag will be flown for| the ensuing fortnight the leading^ towns' are now as follows:—Auckland district, Ruawai; Blenheim district, Seddon; Christchurch district, Waiau; Dunedini district, Owaka; Gisborne district, Te Araroa; Greymouth district, Ross; Hamilton district, Rotorua; Invercargill district, Edendale; Napier district, Porangahau; Nelson district, Murehison; New Plymouth district, Stratford; Oamaru district, Kurow; Palmerston North district, Pongaroa; Thames district, Whakatane; Tiniaru district, Geraldine; Wanganui district, Waitotara; Wellington district, Featherston; Westport district, Westport
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1941, Page 6
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211NATIONAL SAVINGS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1941, Page 6
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