OVER £101,000 GIVEN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20379, 16 October 1940, Page 6

OVER £IOI,OOO GIVEN

PLANES FOB PBJTAJN DOMINION FUNDS (Por Press Assoeiatipn.) TjVEL{ij[NGTpN, this day. The Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, announced yesterday that £101,729 14s 6d has been received in the public account on behalf of the aeroplanes fund. Arrangements are being made to remit to the United Kingdom Government the balance of the N.Z. £IOO,OOO which was promised. The allocation of planes to provincial patriotic districts for the purpose of naming the planes after such districts whePe funds have beer raised, will be undertaken as soon as the money from outstanding lists is received fn the public account. The surplus over £IOO,OOO will be paid to the United Kingdom Government on account of the Dominion’s share of the cost of the Empire air training scheme. Amounts received during the week are: Onga Onga district, per Mr. A. J. Parker, £22 Is 6d; Raglan Inter-zone Patriotic Committee, £147 2s 3d; The Press, Christchurch, fifth instalment, £1352 13s 3d; Egmont County list, Opunake, £l4B 10s 6d; Mayor’s list, Woodville, fourth instalment, £32 2s: Kaiapoi Patriotic Committee, Kaiapoi, £100; Mr. A. O. Johnson, Waimate, £1: Westland Provincial Patriotic Council, Hokitika, £2BB 7s Gd; Opunake Borough Patriotic Committee, Opunake, £7B 7s 8d; Havelock North Town Board list, Havelock North, £153 0s 6d; Alfredton Patriotic Committee, Eketahuna County area, £2O: Evening Post list, Wellington, £ 13,387 7s 7d; Mayor's fund, Hamilton, £2935 17s sd; Waipukurau and district, Waipukurau, £561 Gs; Porangahau and district, Waipukurau, £3O 14s Gd; Martinborough Ladies’ Golf Club, Martinborough, £1 6s; Women’s Division. Farmers’ Union, £5000; Rotorua Morning Post list, Rotorua, £855 7s 3d; Dannevirke and District Patriotic Spciety, £B5l 19s Id; Kaponga Town Board list, £33 9s. BRADFORD'S RESPONSE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 am. RUGBY, Oct. 14. Gifts for the purchase of aircraft acknowledged to-day include £IOO from Mrs. Ravenscroft, from Buenos Aires, as well as £6OOO from Lewes, Sussex. Bradford, which aimed at raising £1,250,000 during the war weapons week, which began on Saturday, has, after two days, already received in cash and promises £1,509,370.