VICTORY LOAN
£ll MILLIONS PASSED WELLINGTON, September 13. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan to-day was £609,688, making the total to date £11,095,262. Objective percentages obtained to date are as follow:—Southland district, 52 per cent.; Auckland, 48; Taranaki, Otago, both 35; Marlborough, 33; Gisborne-East Coast, 31; Wanganui, Manawatu, 28; North Otago, Hawke’s Bay, 26; Nelson, 25; Wellington, 24; Waikato-King Country, North Auckland, 23; South Canterbury, Buller, Wairarapa, all 22; Westland, Canterbury, both 21; Thames-Bay of Plenty, 19. WESTLAND INVESTMENTS Investments in the Victory Loan in the Westland district totalled £98,262 up to last evening, which represents 21.5 per cent, of the objective. Otira is at the head of the percentages with 35 per cent, and then follow: Blackball 32 per cent., Kumara 32 percent., Hokitika 31 per cent., and Greymouth 23 per cent. The figures for each centre up to last evening were as follow: Reefton £4,710, Ikamatua £1,297: Waiuta £1,071; Greymouth £42,140; Barrytown £375; Runanga £6,035; Brunnerton £2,490; £5,083; Moana £561; Otira £713; Ahaura-Totara Flat £343; Kumara £2.218; Hokitika £28,105; Ross £929; Hari Hari £306: Wataroa £236; Franz Josef £604: Fox Glacier £1,018; Jacksons Bay £2B.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1944, Page 2
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