NEAR 12 MILLIONS

Grey River Argus, 21 May 1945, Page 5

NEAR 12 MILLIONS

1945 Victory Loan p.A. WELLINGTON, May 20..., It was announced on Saturday night that the total of the 1945 Victory Loan was £11,790,563,2 including new cash receipts of £99,705. Amounts and percentages of objectives or twenty war loan districts are now:— Wellington £1,946,504 (53 per cent), Auckland £3,078,770 (53): Southland £660,857 (52); Otago £1,088,593 (48); Wairarapa £182,566 (47); Sputh Canterbury £274,610 (46); Wanganui £356,912 (46); North Otago £108,328 (45); Marlborough £112,570 (44); Northland £794,686 (43); Taranaki £406,368 (43); Nelson £220,752 (42); Westland £139,223 (42); GisborneEast Coast £182,293 (42); Hawkes Bay £394,491 (41); Waikato-King Country ■ £550,528 (41); Manawatu £448,499 (41); Buller £41,979 (40); Canterbury £1,813,159 (40); ThamesBay of Plenty £218,875 (40.)

Westland Investments £136,500 TO DATE. Westland investments in the Victory Loan up to the close of business on Saturday totalled £136,541, an increase for the day of £2,960. Reefton now has 77 per cent, of its quota, £325 having been invested there on Saturday. Brunnerton is runner-up, with 60 per cent., followed by Blackball with 57 per pdnt. Details of investments are as follows, Saturday’s investments being given first, fol io wed by the total to date, and the percentage of the quota attained:— Ahaura, £19—790 (20 percent.); Barrytown, £l9—£Bo4 (20); Blackball, ' £90—£5,715 (57); Brunnerton, £348—£5,457 (60); Franz Josef Glacier, £14—£855 (28); Fox Glacier, £23 —£9Bo (19); Greymouth, £Bs3— £55,650 (40); Harihari, £33—£975 (19);' Hokitika, £575—126,086 (38); Ikamatua, £57—11,622 (20); Jackson Bay, 123—1970 (19); Kumara, £2B—- — (49); Moana, £14—1649 (21); Nelson Creek, £9—£427 (21); Otira, £9—£9ol (45); Reefton, £325—£16,953 (77); Ross, £66—£2,801 (35); Rotomanu, 19—£417 ($0); Runanga, £404 —18,723 (43); Waiuta, £23—£2,000 (40); Wataroa, £l9—£7BB (19).