FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23761, 14 September 1940, Page 10

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

DOMINION RESPONSE' OVER £115,000 SUBSCRIBED MONEY STILL BEING RECEIVED So spontaneous has been the response to the appeal for funds for the purchase of fighter aircraft for the Royal Air Force that the required sum of £IOO,OOO has already been substantially exceeded. The present known total is over £115,000, and many funds are still open, some having been inaugurated comparatively recently. Tho main funds and contributions already announced are as follows: — Herald Itcndcrs' Fund .. £ 33,572 New Zealand Meat Producers' Board 30,000 Southland Fund . . . • • • 21,000 Evening Post, Wellington .. . . 11, lots New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Ldmitcd, suppliers and staff Hawke's Bay Funds .. •• Hamilton Fund . . .. • ■ -7.,.? North Auckland Funds .. .. r'i,. Taranaki Funds .. •• •• J? Tho Press, Christchurch . • • 1.0-/ Total Some of the figures quoted are conservative, in view of donations still being received. PROPOSAL DISCONTINUED DAIRY COMPANY'S DECISION [BY TELEGRAPII —OWN CORRESPONDENT] WIIAKATAXE, Friday The proposal to make a levy of .177 d per lb. butter-fat 011 suppliers of the Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company, for the purpose of raising £SOOO to purchase a fighter aeroplane for the Royal Air Force, will probably not be proceeded with. Mr. W. A. McCracken, chairman of directors, says that, in view of the decision of the Government to limit the amount Srom New Zealand to £IOO,OOO, the directors did not intend to convene another meeting of shareholders for further consideration of the matter, except upon a formal request by the shareholders. CONTRIBUTION OF £250 COUNTY COUNCIL'S VOTE [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] DXTNEDIN, Friday A unanimous decision to contribute £250 for the purchase of fighter aeroplanes for Britain was made by the Tuapeka County Council to-day. The chairman, Mr. R. S. Thompson, said the war was going to be a long and bitter one and every penny available would be required, as with the intensification of aerial warfare the wastage of aeroplanes would be terrific.