£1,150,000 RAISED
PATRIOTIC FUNDS DOMINION APPEAL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Mr. J. Abel, honorary Dominion organiser of the £1.000,000 all-purposes patriotic appeal, states that with the closing ol' the Auckland metropolitan campaign last night, the appeal is practically finalised, with an outstanding amount of £1,150,000 coming to hand. This is over £150,000 more than the quota. As Canterbury and Southland have not yet closed in all their zones, there will he a certain amount of money still to come in which will be considered as part of this appeal, but Mr. Abel states that, from a national point of view, the results can he taken as final. AUCKLAND CAMPAIGN (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The fighters’ mothers’ campaign icr the patriotic funds was brought to a most successful close in the Town Hall last evening, when the final total of £160,178 was announced by the Mayor, Mr. J. A. C. Allum. The total aimed at as the quota for Auckland City was £127,000. The winners were the drapery and boots group, with Mrs. M. E. Turtill as the mother, who raised £42,116.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20635, 15 August 1941, Page 7
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185£1,150,000 RAISED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20635, 15 August 1941, Page 7
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