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SUNDAY, 1 Oth JUNE Keep This Date Free ★ THE HUTT SQUADRON AIR, TRAINING CORPS invites all interested persons to attend a. FILM EVENING- ill the Long Room at the back of the HUTT GRANDSTAND. . , <, Interesting Films showing 1 the Activities of the Royal Air Force and R.N.Z.A.F. will be shown THESE FILMS ARE FIRST-CLASS — THEY ARE TALKIES You Will Not See Them in Local Theatres SUNDAY, 10th JUNE at 7.30 p.m. f "'TAILAMADE'' | U QUALITY TAILORS U n 208 JACKSON STREET : PETONE fl y (Estd. March 1939)' • Z 8 OFFERS OUTSTANDING VALUES 0 0 MEN'S TAILORS — — LADIES' TAILORS fl | Groodi Range 'of Imported Materials jj Z Be Suited —-—By The Suit Specialist 2 | ALL WORK

inflation is a wily bird *The great thing about duck-shooting, if there is a great thing about duckshooting-, is that it teaches a man to gain his objective ill face of somewhat < arduous adversity. Wlieii the water spills over your gumboots you are aptvto > * question whether it is all worthwhile. Inevitably you decide that worthwhile' ? or not, it must be carried through. ' \ Applying such argument to more important matters, let us consider the present Victory Loan. The Victory Loan is aimed, at a bird, a';nast^,^ir^'• called inflation. Inflation simply means that if more money than goods are-in circulation, the value of the money depreciates. The £5 note in your pocket loses some value. The earnings of our fighting men lose value. Pensions fo> ol,der folk, once adequate, become/inadequate. It hits us all. Therefore,-ill common justice we must all make our personal effort to kill this bird inflatiQn. The kick comes when you realize you have to dig into savings. But remember your're lending, not giving, and you obtain 3 per cent interest. That's no hardship compared to what a duck-shooter suffers, just for the heck of it. You're after bigger game. You haven't much time left.. Get in the Victory .«• Loan with all the ammunition you can muster. Also at Hastings and Blenheim. \L ' ' This stiil goes on . . . I've been to a soldier's hospital today ... I've seen some of the cost of war in human life and human suffering... And I realised suddenly that victory is not all cheers and celebration to the men who have lost their sight or their limbs, to the men with damaged nerves and minds ... For many of our fighting men the war will never be over... neither will our obligation to them ever be finished while life lasts . .. What does this mean to you and to me?... Our duty is to see that the money is provided to pay for the needs of the sick and wounded, and for rehabilitation generally... No patriotic citizen will fail to put a patriot's share into the 1945 VICTORY LOAN. That share is all the money we can spare... Now I realise that mo one else can do my share — I'll invest today in the

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Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 45, 30 May 1945, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 45, 30 May 1945, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 45, 30 May 1945, Page 5