VICTORY LOAN

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1944, Page 4

VICTORY LOAN

Westland Campaign

OVER £122,000 RAISED. Westland's percentage of its Victory Loan quota yesterday was 27, with £122,308 raised. Kumara now has gone well into the lead, having reached nearly half of its quota'. Next come Blackball (37 per cent), Hokitika and Otira (35), and Harihan (33). It is evident, however, that azgeneral spurt is now needed to bring the whole district within measurable distance of success before the final stage. . , . , Yesterday- the amounts raised m localities were as follows: —Reefton £lll7. Greymouth £1291, Hokitika £422, Kumara £766, Blackball £205, Brunner £5, Wataroa £2OO, Barrytown £5O, Waiuta.£s, Moana £lO, Ahaura £lO5, total £4176. The totals of all of the offices in the district, in the order of percentages, are as follows: —Kumara £3204—46 per cent; Blackball £5976—37; Hokitika £32,211—35; Otira £715—35; Harihari £2308 —33; Runa'nga £7953 —28; Greymouth £49,869 —27; Jackson Bay £1888—24; Reef ton £7204—24; Brunner £2672—22; Ikamatua £1327—16; Waiuta £1237—15; Ross £1660—15; Franz Josef Glacier £749—15; Fox Glacier £1118—15; Wataroa £465—10; Barrytown £525—10; Moana £772—8; Ahaura-Totara Flat £455—4; total £122,308—27. LATEST DISTRICT PERCENTAGES F.A. WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. The amount subscribed to the Victory Loan to-day was £730,358, making the total to date £15,287,174. Objective percentages obtained to date are: Southland 58, Auckland 55, Otago 45, Taranaki 44, Marlborough 44, Gis-borne-East Coast 41, North Otago 37, Wanganui 37, Manawatu 35, Flawke’s Bay 35, Northland 34, Wellington 33, Nelson 33, Waikato-King Country 29, Wairarapa 29, South Canterbury' 29, Canterbury 29, Buller 28, Westland 27, Thames-Bay of Plenty 26. RADIO APPEAL TO-MORROW NIGHT’S CHALLENGE To-morrow (Saturday) night, commencing at 7 o’clock over all .the national and commercial radio stations a Victory Loan Appeal will oe launched. In Greymouth telephone subscribers may telephone tne amount of their promise to invest io phone number 337, and the names or the investors and- the amounts will be broadcast over Radio Station 3ZR In country districts it will be necessary for the subscriber to ask tool for “Victory Loan” and the telephone exchange will put the connection through.. Investments from Reefton, Ross, and South Westland districts will be broadcast from 3YA. The minimum amount, which can be accepted is £1 or a multiple thereof. In former appeals of this nature there has always been a ready response and it is expected that to-mor-row’s appeal will be no exception. A feature to-morrow evening will be a challenge by one Westland township to except another in its loan, investments. Ross has issued a challenge to Kumara that it will raise the larger amount and the challenge has been accepted. The result will be awaited with interest. WORKERS' SHARE IN LOAN . RECORD INVESTMENT PROBABLE ' J P.A. WELLINGTON, Sept' 21 “The average working class New Zealander is determined to make his share in the Victory Loan an alltime record for this type of investor,” declared Hon. A. McLagan (•Minister of National Service)' who spoke to-night on the loan campaign, not as a Minister of the Crown, out as President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour. This organisation, he said had set itself a target of £1,900,000. The response had already been remarkable, and there was every prospect of that figure being reached within the allotted time. Mr. McLagan described the organisation of the loan effort among the trade unionists which would enable the maximum number of working people ,to contribute. There had been some commendable examples, such as the offer of a prize by one firm which divided its staff into four and was giving a prize to the section showing, the best results. The total raised amounted to £lO per head, and, added Mr. McLagan, one could readily imagine, that, if every New Zealand# er managed to subscribe £lO to the loan, the aggregate of these sums, plus the investments made by large institutions, would ensure a total tar in excess of the forty million target. Another Wellington firm nominated £l,OOO as the objective, but its 70 or 80 employees had already subscribed £1,250, and one member of the staff a returned soldier, had invested tne whole of his deferred pay, amounting to £2OO. Mr. McLagan suggested that there was good evidence that tne greatest possible effort was being made by the small investors to ensure that their responsibilities to the Victory Loan were- fully-discharged, and that the example set by some organisations and individuals should inspire those‘who had been holding back, to get busy now.