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£1,000,000 PATRIOTIC APPEAL WELLINGTON, December 4. Gratifying reports regarding patriotic efforts have been received by Major Abel, honorary Dominion organiser of the million pounds appeal. Several districts are well on the way to attainment of their quota, and one is well advanced towards doubling it. The Mayor of Pahiatua states that by means of a queen carnival £4658 was raised, greatly exceeding the district quota of £3OOO. Pahiatua is (second only to Waipukurau, which is well on the way to doubling its quota. It is reported from the Waikato that up to last evening £43,000 was in hand, with a further £lOOO in sight, making £44,000 of the quota of £45,000. The Waikato zone was particularly to be commended, said Major Abel, for in the Sick, Wounded and Distress Fund, and the pre- ■ sent appeal, the contributions were 1 more than £1 for every man, woman and child in the zone. \
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Grey River Argus, 5 December 1940, Page 8
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153FINE RESPONSE Grey River Argus, 5 December 1940, Page 8
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