FINANCING THE WAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 95, 20 March 1940, Page 11

FINANCING THE WAR.

LOANS AND DONATIONS. x WELLINGTON, March 20. The total of interest-free loans and donations is now £1,264,928. The latest list includes £IOOO eacli from W. E. Woods;. Ltd. (AVellington), Byron Brown (Wellington) and the. Odlm Timber and Hardware Company, for the duration of the war and six months afterwards, AA'ardell Brothers, for the duration and 12 months, and AY. Yandle (Putaruru) for the duration of the war; also £SOO from Ivan B. Logan, of Napier, for the duration and six months. A resident of Manakuu who desires to remain anonymous has offered a loan of £SO ior the duration and six months. The following donations have also been received: Sirs A iviau lliddiford, Lower liutt, £300; Mrs lliddiford, Longwood, Fcatherston, £300; AA'. Yandle, Putaruru, £l5O. A Press Association message reports that, at the annual meeting of the Ravensbourne Rugby Club, Dunedin, on Mondav night, it was decided that £IOO raised by means of a bazaar during. the past season with the intention of building a club room be lent interest-free to the Government for the duration of the war and six months afterwards. Tho Carterton Golf Club has decided to forward to the Government a loan of £SO free of interest for the duration of the war and six months after. The trustees of tho New Plymouth Savings Bank have made available to the Minister of Finance £SOOO as an interest-free loan for the duration of the wir and twelve months afterwards.