HEALTH STAMP CAMPAIGN
excellent results. SECOND WEEK’S TALLY. [Special to “Northern Advocate .” 3 WELLINGTON, This Day. “The second week’s results of the Health Stamp campaign in aid of children’s health camps throughout New Zealand show that the efforts are being well maintained,” states the Director-General of the Postal Department, Mr G. McNamara, “the total credit having reached the sum of £2 193. “Not only are the 2d health stamps and illustrated 3d envelopes meeting with a good demand, but there is also a generous public response in the way of donations, the fortnight s total being made up from three sources of income Net receipts from stamps, £1,319; envelopes, £169; and donations, £705. “Sales of Health Stamps in the postal districts of the Dominion up till October 15 were as follows:—Auckland, 51,614; Blenheim, 4,581; Christchurch, Dunedin, 24,428; Gisborne, 7,461; Greymouth, 10,247; Hamilton, 12,507; Invercargill, 7,200; Napier, 31,260; Nelson, 4,540; New Plymouth, 26,208; Oamaru, 3,248; Palmerston North, 29,704; Thames, 10,443; Timaru, 13,681; Wanganui, 10,895; Wellington, 44,085; Westport, 663; total, 316,302.”
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Northern Advocate, 19 October 1935, Page 11
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169HEALTH STAMP CAMPAIGN Northern Advocate, 19 October 1935, Page 11
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