£52,628 WANTED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 3 July 1943, Page 2

£52,628 WANTED

NELSON'S WAR LOAN TARGET MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP OVER FINAL STRETCH A bold bid is being made to win for Nelson the distinction of being the first district to reach its quota in New Zealand's biggest war loan. Last night there was still £52,628 to be subscribed before the bull’s-eye of the £550,000 target is hit. Tadmor, Nelson city and Collingwood have all over-subscribed their quotas. Over the final fifty-odd thousand the Nelson district campaign is going to be turned into a community affair with one district of our area helping the other, but with every incentive being left to particular districts to reach their allotted target. The district barometer will be published next week. The loan closes next Saturday. Last night the Dominion total stood at £25,266,460. R.N.Z.A.F “CONTRIBUTION Wellington, This Day. Setting itself the objective of raising at least £IOO,OOO during the past Air Force Week in the Third Liberty Loan, personnel of the R.N.Z.A.F. and Air Department, had at 9 a.m. to-day exceeded this total by more than £20,000, the grand total then being £121,286. Further results from various stations are yet to come. INVEST WITHOUT DELAY THE MAYOR’S ADVICE AND BELIEF [To the Editor] Sir, —Nelsonians everywhere will be pleased and proud of the announcement that the district is leading the Dominion in the subscribed percentage of its quota of the Third Liberty Loan. There must be many more yet who contemplate lending before the closing date. We have some distance to go, especially in some areas, but if everyone would make a point of completing his or her investment on Monday, I believe there would be a strong possibility of announcing on Monday night that Nelson was the first district to reach its quota. What better news could our Nelson men in the forces hear than that their home district is behind them to such an extent that it led the Dominion in subscribing for this huge loan? It can be done with everyone’s assistance and it will be just as easy to invest by Monday night as by the end of the week.—l am etc.,

E. R. NEALE, Mayor, Chairman Provincial Patriotic Council. Nelson, 2nd July. FURTHERSUBSCRIBERS Further War Loan subscribers in the Nelson district who have agreed to their names and contributions being published are:— RICHMOND £ Nelson Freezing Co. Ltd 2000 NELSON Mr and Mrs E. E. Gahagan 500 Mr and Mrs A. R. Hunter 300 Mr and Mrs A. E. Tasker 10 W. K. Tomlinson 100 Nelson Diocesan Trust Board, Cathedral Building Fund 7881 Sundry Funds 119 Norman Rout ; 100 Malcolm Rout 100 David Rout 100 Miss Margaret Rout 100 Nelson Harbour Board . 8000 J. A. Harley 500 W. U. H. Cole 100 L. L. Cole 100 D. D. Merritt 100 L. L. Elliott 100 J. Luck* Tahunanui 50 Mi's J. Luck, Tahunanui 25 Mrs M. S. C. Milward, Havelock South 100 Mrs Vena May. Eastbourne 100 TAKAKA H. C. Schultz 10 J. D. Hambrook ...\ 50 Laurence Manson 500 Golden Bay R.S.A 300 Takaka Soldiers’ Send-Off Committee 150 MOTUEKA C. E. Hart 100 H. L. Goodman 100 P. E. Clark 50 A. C. B. Jenkins 300 Trustees, Loyal Good Intention Lodge 150 William Hickmott 100 J. A. Askew and Son 100 New Zealand Farmers’ Union— Riwaka Branch 20 Motueka Bowling Club 50 Motueka Golf Club (Inc.) 50 M. L. Heath 100 A. J. Goodall 50 V. G. Krammer 50 C. F. Loveridge 20 F. D. Delany 10 Kenneth Rowling 100 Mrs G. E. Tomlinson 50 P. N. Tomlinson 50 E. G. Inglis 50 Mrs Jean James 100 Mrs Floris Satherley 100 Miss Barbara Duncan 20 Miss Mary Douglas 10 Arthur Grooby 50 Motueka A. &P. Association .... 100 Motueka River Board 250 Motueka Harbour Board 1000 MOUTERE A. W. Yuill 50 WAKEFIELD H. W. Nicholls, Belgrove 100 CAMPAIGN~NOTES COLLINGWOOD REACHES QUOTA Here is to-day’s communique from headquarters of the Nelson district war loan offensive:— Congratulations, Collingwood “Congratulations, Collingwood, on reaching your target. A great effort. How much can you help to maintain the proud position of the district?” “Freyberg Bonds” for Motueka “Two ‘Freyberg Bonds’ autographed by the General have been allocated to Motueka. These will be exchanged during next week for two bonds the numbers of which have been selected and placed in a sealed envelope in a strongroom. One bond is for £lO and the other for £. Who will be the lucky purchaser?” “Be First, Nelson!” “We are on the eve of ‘All In’ Week. Now for a big combined effort of town and country. There is now only six days to go, and to reach the target of £550,000 requires £9OOO per day. Let Nelson district be an example of our loyalty to our boys and shew the way to the rest of the Dominion by reaching our goal on Monday. Be first, Nelson! By a big effort we can do it.” Radio Talks To-night From 2YA at about 6.50, special feature for Nelson district. From 2YN at 7 o’clock: An address by Mr L. Ward, chairman, of the Trades and Labour Council. This talk will be followed by a session of “questions and answers” dealing with the War Loan.