VICTORY LOAN

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1944, Page 4

VICTORY LOAN

DOMlNiUix ToTA-iu £±0,769,048 WELLINGTON, September 22. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan to-day—inclusive ot for bonds issued m respect of wool retention money—was £1,486,274, making the total to date £16,769,048. , . . . . Obj ective percentages qb lamed to date are:—Southland district 63 per cent., Auckland 56, Otago naki and Marlborough 45, GisborneEast Coast 42, North Otago 39, War nganui and Manawatu jj, Hawkes Bay Wellington, and North Auckland 36' Nelson 35, Waikato-Kmg Country, South. Canfterbury, and Canterbury 30, Wairarapa and Buller 2 0 , jestland and Thames-Bay of Plenty 28. WESTLAND FIGURES. Westland investments in the Victory Loan totalled nearly £5500 as follow: —Greymouth £ 3423, Kumara £2ll, Hokitika £970, Ikamatua £255, Blackball £350, Brunner £2O, Moana £l5, Otira £l, Ross £-, Runanea £222, Ahaura £25. Ims ™u E ght the district total to £ 127,802 or 28 per cent, of the objective. The centre totals and Percentages are as follow: Kumara £3415—49- Blackball £6326—39; Hokitika £33,181— 36: Otira £716—35; Han Han £2308 —33; Runanga £Bl75 —29; Greymouth £53,292—29; Jackson Bay £1888—24; Reefton. £7204—24, Brunner £2692—22; Ikamatua £1582—20; Waiuta £1237—15; Ross £1662 —15; Franz Josef Glacier £749—15; Fox Glacier £1118—15; Barrytown £525—10; Wataroa £465 —10; Moana £787—8; Ahaura £4BO 5- ...rm

'Mr O’Brien (Minister of Transport) and Mrs. O’Brien will arrive from Wellington next week to take part in the Loan campaign in Westland.

GREY BOROUGH INVESTMENT

The £3OOO which the Greymouth Borough Council is investing in the Victory Loan comprises cash reserves either actual or provided for in this year’s estimates, said the Mayor (Mr. F A. Kitchingham) yesterday. He added that in the year 1943-44 the rents from the Town Hall, plus £350, which was allocated for improvements to the caretaker’s quarters, were funded, while a new fund for replacement of motor vehicles was also started and £285 paid into it. On March 31, 1944, there was £1125 6/4 in the bank in these accounts. This year the Council made provision for funding the following amounts: Replacement of motor vehicles £250, further instalment for improvements to caretaker’s quar--ters £350, and Works Machinery Fund £l5OO, a total of £2lOO, which, added to the £1125/6/4, provided the funds out of which the £3OOO is being invested. Realisation of the stock when the men return from overseas will enable the Council to proceed with the works for which the money is allocated. Investments in the Westland district to-day totalled £5,023, bringing the grand total to £132,825, or 29 per cent, of the quota, leaving £323,060 to be raised in the district in the next 10 days.