VICTORY LOAN

Grey River Argus, 21 September 1944, Page 4

VICTORY LOAN

WESTLAND INVESTMENTS. A total of £118,132—26 per cent, of the objective of £456,000— has now been invested in the Victory Loan in the West Coast district. Blackball is the leading, centre in the district, with 36 per cent, of its objective, followed by Otira, Hokitika, and Kumara, each with 35 per cent. Yesterday, £1902 was invested in the loan by the tollowing centres: Moana £2O, Bauytown £lOO, Blackball £lO4, Hokitika £329, Kumara' £lO, Ikamatua £l6, Runanga £l6O, Ross £66, Ahaura £2, Brunnerton £l2l, Greymouth £769, Reefton £2OO, Wataroa £5. OVER 141 MILLIONS WELLINGTON, Sept. 20. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan to-day was £626,194, making the total: to date £14,551,818. Objective percentages obtained to date are: Southland 58, Auckland 53, Otago '44, Taranaki 43, Marlborough 43, Gisborne-East Coast 40, North Otago 36, Wanganui 35, Manawatu 34, Hawke’s Bay 33, Wellington 32 Nelson 32, Northland 32, ■ WaikatoKing Country 29, Wairarapa 28, South Canterbury 28, Canterbury 28, Buller 26, Westland 26, T’hamesißay of Plenty 25. TWELVE DAYS TO GO Wellington; Sept. 20. “The Allied plans are moving steadily to the climax o£ a victory of unconditional surrender of the enemy in Europe and the Pacific. There is no holding back on any fighting front. Is it conceivable that New Zealand will fail in the financial war—the task set for it in what promises to be the year of victory?” asks the National War Loan Committee.

“The conscience of patriotic citizens impels them to make financial sacrifices as their share of homefront war activity. They have not stopped to ask whether the march to victory would or would not slow down if they held on to bank balances made secure by the fighting men’s sacrifices. Neither have the fighting men been daunted by the thought that there are monetary, or military defaulters. “The war goes on, but just at present the war loan lags,” adds the National War Loan Committee. “But there is ample time to show that New Zealand’s enthusiasm for a great cause is equal to a full subscription to the Victory Loan before the final date, twelve days hence.”