FOR THE FARMERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 June 1943, Page 2

FOR THE FARMERS

FIRST CLASS STOCK Wellington, This Day. It is an immense task to personally canvass every potential Liberty Loan investor, but the War Loan committees throughout New Zealand have that ideal before them and one of the most effective activities, states the National War Loan Committee, is the approach to the farmer. When there are gatherings of farmers, the lookout for first class stock, the farmers in attendance find that the first class stock represented by the 3rd Liberty Loan is being brought under their notice by representatives of the War Loan committees. Stock and station agents have circularised all their auctioneers who are giving ready co-operation in this patriotic effort. The farmers of New Zealand have their difficulties, but they have maintained vital supplies for Britain and the fighting men in the Pacific. Their part in the war effort at the production end has only been made effective by the splendid work of the Navy and Air Force in seeing the convoys safely into port. This has been done so well that although as a war precaution the Dominion expanded its cool storage to take a whole season’s output of butter, cheese and meat if it could not be shipped, the storage position, according to Mr J. G. Barclay (Minister of Agriculture) was never better than to-day Farms have been kept safe because fighting men have not shirked the greatest sacrifice. As a result, the income to our farmers has increased in the three years of war by £33,000,000. This would have been impossible but for the' fighting services, and Liberty Loan committees are consequently hopeful of results from their efforts to interest the farming community in a war loan which will help to maintain the effectiveness of the producers’ good work. —Special to “The Mail.” SUCCESSFUL MILITARY CONCERT Dunedin, This Day. The main event of the Army’s Liberty Loan week was a military concert in the Town Hall last night, which realised £16,485 in purchased bonds. The amount purchased in the hall was £llßs and by radio listeners £15,300. Topping the latter was £ IC,OOO contributed by Cadbury, Fry and Hudson.—P.A.