CALTAUX IN SYDNEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 82, 4 October 1944, Page 6

CALTAUX IN SYDNEY

Rec. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, Oct.' 4;. Vie Caltaux, the New Zealand welterweight boxing champion, has arrived in Sydney to prepare for his fight with the Australian welterweight champion Vie Patrick on October 21. He began'training today. • Caltaux hopes to remain in Australia for three months.

IDEAL FAMILY REMEDY. One bottle of cough remedy for the whole, family That is the way with Baxters' Lung Preserver. Every child, every woman, every man, can rely on "Baxters" to give the greatest benefit.for coughs, colds, sore throats, and most bronchial ailments. Baxters. Ltd., 602 Colombo Street, Christchurch.—Advt.

Westland, 71; Hawke's Bay, South Cari£b^K'^f- l°> Waikato-King Country, 65; Thames-Bay of Wairarapa, each 64. c : «-J& c Pr'me Jester (Mr. Fraser) last night made the following statement regarding, the of the Victory i^oan:—.ln thanking: aU organisations, companies, men, and women who have so generously subscribed to the loan, I hope on Wednesday night to be able ■*AnffiSvll^!! uhat' the remaining £4,000 000 m will have been over-sub-scribed. The thanks of all citizens are specially due to the loan committS Znli • J?iT-? .done I vP h magnificent work, .and it is our duty to crown their achievement .by a record result An over-subscribed loan will* stir the hearts of our servicemen on all battlefronts »

TRADE UNION EFFORTS. ■_ The efforts of trade union employees The Manawatu branch of the Wellingtar Labourers'^ Union invested £100 yesterday and. the WeUTngtoSranch took a further -. £50, bringing Labourers'^ Union total to £ 1250 The New y Zealand Railway Tradesmen's CJa + 1 10n TThi ve taken UP £200 of ? t T °9 k- the^Harbour Board Employees' Union £50, and the Bricklayers^TJnion a small organisation, £10. uxuun- . The staff of Dominion Dyers, Ltd., i Petone purchased £906 in bonds, and their total effort, including national! *?W IS, £^ 35 ' an av«&e of rover g »*«*?•> The staff of A. C^ Jensen,] Ltd., at Newtown, took bonds to the value .; of £ 166 yesterday. The management of this firm offered a-£l Victory Bond as a bonus to every worker faking up £10 in bonds, and this 4ead resulted: in a total effort towards the loan, including national of £683, again over £10 a 'head. '•■' e'.....-...... ■ -..-■ - a. The, total .effort of 30 office workers a o toSi iarl, and and Co- has now reached £380, also oyer £10 a head. Nine workers at Unity- Drugs, Ltd., eight of them women, purchased £ 115 worth of bonds in cash yesterday. " The total investments in the Wellington area in bonds and national savings yesterday totalled over £450,000, so that the small .investor has already contributed about 10 per cent, of the total district- quota, a high percentage for. the wage and salary earners of the city, . • OBJECTIVE PASSED, i Victory Loan authorities have received advice from Auckland that the objective there has been passed. The T.and G. Mutual Life Society has contributed the sum of £400.000. The Maori people of New Zealand, through the Maori War Effort Organisation, have invested a further £500 in the loan. The Maori War Effort Tribal and Executive Committees have concentrated intensely on the loan since the campaign was launched, and not only invested large sums on their own account, but have been stren-. uously engaged in selling bonds to private individuals, both Maori and pakeha. The actual figures for New Zealand in this-connection will not be known for some time, but it is anticipated that the sum will be a large one. ' , ' The Ladies' National Club, Lower Hutt, manned street booths yesterday and collected over £700 in bonds, and the Women's Association collected over £2000 in street booths in Wellington. The Young Peoples' Club collected close on £500 for the loan. Additional subscriptions are as follows: — W. J. McKee Victory Revtie Company, £500. Mrs. W. J. McKee, £100; National Electric Company, Ltd., £10,000 ; > Co-op.. Dairy Producers' Freezing Co., Ltd., £2000; R. and.E. Tingey. and Co., Ltd., £5000; Keans, Ltd.. £2600; Army Headquarters (civilian staff), Featherston, £230; Public Works Dept. (district office), £700 (anticipated total amount invested, by staff will.approximate £1000 when additional* contributions come ■to hand) : Dominion Dyers,' Ltd., staff and executives, £1144: Gruars Electrical'arid Battery Services, Ltd., £1000; A.S.E.A., N.Z., Ltd., £1000; Dominion Motors,- Ltd., £4000. (Wellington quota £1000) ; Lambert's Pharmii'cal Co., Ltd., £500; staff of the Temperance and General Mutual Life Society, £"50 B.; 70 members 'of the staff of British Buttons and Buckles, Ltd., Petone, contributed £90 and the firm has Invested £ 500; the small staff of the Petone Gas Lighting Board have increased their, national savings aby £l 6 per week and contributed £ 900 towards' the Victory Loan; the staff of Jenkins and Mack, Ltd., £350; Selfridges (N.Z.), Ltd., £1000; Dominion Farmers' Institute, . Ltd., £1000; N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., £10,000 additional; Bitumen Product, Ltd., £740; Phoenix Tailoring Company, Ltd., £100; Wellington Glove Co., Ltd., £100; Regent -Gowns, Ltd., £200; Gllmers Royal Oak Hotel, Ltd., £1000; His Master's Voice • (N.Z.), Ltd., £500; J. J. Curtis and Company, Ltd., £500; Guthrie, Bowron, and Co., Ltd., £5000 (Wellington quota £1000)----staff of Modern Plastics (N.Z.), Ltd., £150 In bonds; A. • Christie (Wellington), Ltd., £500; Lindsays, Ltd., £250; Rees Jones Shoe Co., Ltd, £250; Harrisons Ramsay Prop.. Ltd., £3000; • Atlantic Assurance Company, £10,000; members of the Wellington Builders' Association, £5000; R. L. Button and Co.; Ltd., £ 1000; Turners and Growers (Wellington), £500; staff Turners and Growers, £100; Lodge Aorangi No. 24 (8.U.0.0.F.), * £400; staff C. and A. Odlin Co., Ltd., (third instalment) , £200; staff of Woolworths (additional instalment), £100; L. Evans and Co., Ltd., £4000; Manchester Unity 1.0.0.P. (N.Z.), £2500; Horn Buttons and Accessories, Ltd., £1000; The Majestic Theatre Buildings, Ltd., £1000; John Fuller and Sons, Ltd., £5000; Levin and Co., Ltd., £10,000 additional; Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., £1000; Hibberds Foundry, Ltd., £1000; Third Party Motor Pool, £25,000. •