INTEREST FREE LOANS

Grey River Argus, 14 March 1940, Page 10

INTEREST FREE LOANS

For War Purposes WELLINGTON, March 12. The Hon. W. Nash, Minister for Finance, in an interview to-day expressed much pleasure at the splendid response made to his recent appeal for free-of-interest loans for war purposes. Following is a list of citizens who have forwarded cheques for a loan, free of interest, for the duration of the war or longer:

H. V. Horlor, Horlors Motor Haulers, Ltd., Lower Hutt 100 Salmond and Spraggon, Ltd., Wellington 500 Frank Wilkinson, Caversham, Dunedin 200 Caledonian Bowling Club, Dunedin 100 Mrs M. E. Borland, Christchurch, authority to withdraw from P. 0.5.8. account 100 A. W. Cook, Napier 1,000 Anonymous (a Wellington merchant company) 500 Second donation 500 An Auckland Timber Co 500 A. Louisson, Christchurch .... 2,000 'Hydra Bacon and Meat Co., Ltd., Auckland 1,000 Baxters, Ltd., Christchurch ... 1,000 F. J. Miller, Ltd., Wellington .. 1,000 Ernest Adams, Ltd 500 Brown Bros., Christchurch .. 500 C. J. Keir, Rangiora 200 F. J. Dunn, Ltd., Tirharu ,100 Smartwear Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Christchurch i..' 100 H. C. Urlwin, Ltd 500 Klippel Bros. (N.Z.), Ltd., Auckland S. Klippel 2.5 Mrs S. Klippel 10 T. H. Callingham, Wellington 100 Two anonymous Wellington donors, £5OO each 1,000 Wild and Robertson, Greymouth 10,000 Mr and Mrs Paul Gillingham, Lower Hutt 100 Mrs Annie Tilley, Auckland .. 500 Joseph May, Hamilton 500 Wellington resident 100 Phillips and Pike, Ltd., Wellington 1,000 Walter H. Hindmarsh, Christchurch ipo Clark Bros., Auckland 000 {Benjamin Ravenswod, We’flington 10 In addition to the above, two donations of £lO each have been received, and one woman Savings Bank depositor has offered her savings of £2O, free of interest, for the duration of the war.