ABOVE THE AVERAGE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22201, 11 December 1946, Page 4

ABOVE THE AVERAGE

FOOD COUPON SURRENDERS OPOTIKI’S FINE EFFORT Meat and butter coupon surrenders were well above the average in the Gisborne postal district last week, largely due to the magnificent results achieved at Opotiki, where 403 butter and 14,554 meat coupons were cancelled by the postmaster. During the week 513 butter and 17,875 meat coupons were collected throughout the district. Te Araroa was again prominent in the coupon collections. 36 butter and 1062 meat coupons being surrendered. Children of the Tikitiki School handed in 70 meat coupons to the postmaster. Although no street appeals for food coupons are now being conducted in the town area of Gisborne, a silent appeal to shoppers is made each Friday, when boxes are placed on tables in prominent positions in the shopping centre. During the week surplus coupons may be handed in at any post office. ~ . , A total of 3421 b of fat was collected last week. Coupon surrenders credited to the main post offices in the Gisborne district to December 7 are:—

District Totals .. 17,875 547,508

Office Butter Meat Matawai 993 20,860 Motl! 111G 12,665 Opotiki 1121 174,221 Ruatoria .. 509 27,419 Te Araroa 2S89 67,850 Te Karaka 1091 15,216 Tikitiki 439 57,564 Tokomaru Bay .. 2919 27,270 Tolaga Bay 1317 32,666 Waimana . 53 2281 Gisborne .. 5578 109,496