HEALTH STAMPS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1936, Page 3

HEALTH STAMPS

FIRST WEEK OF CAMPAIGN. SUM OF £3720 RECEIVED. *er Presß Association—Copyright). WELLINGTON, November 11. The results of the first week of the ■i Ith st .mp campaign, which is the lin basis of support for the children’s alth camps of the Dominion, shows at the health stamp |ias beebme firmestablished as a great annual comTHe stamps were first sold on Monday,- November 2, the first week ending put-November 7, with the following to uie oiqcew. H £lo,ooo:—stamps £1569 Hs 2d, •nations £2152 15s lOd, the first eek’s total thus being £3721 17s. This achievement is largely due ,tx he generous way in which those who ssisted the previous successful camaign again showed their readiness to ssist the good cause. The large receipt; rom sales of stamps indicate that lany thousands of New Zealanders ave decided, during the currency of he campaign, to completely replace heir ordinary stamp purchases by the ‘penny for postage penny for lie. lth” tamp. The sales in the first week were £BOO '.4s 2d in excess of the corresponding -eek’s total last year, namely £768 s. The amounts made available for lealtli camp purposes from the respective postal districts during the -first week were as follows :—AVellington C 790, Christchurch £528, Auckland £478, Wanganui £424, Dunedin £252, Nelson £2lO, Palmerston North £lB7, lamaru £lO9, Napier £lO5, Thames 289, Hamilton £6B, Invercargill £67 i rimaru £62, Blenheim £55, New Plymouth £47, Gisborne £23, Greymouth £l4, Westport £ll, General Post £196. Health stamp sales in the first week reached the impressive number of 376,574. —