BOMBER BONDS APPEAL
DISTRICT TOTAL £540,000 It is estimated that receipts in the Auckland district, from North Cape to Mercer, from the Bomber Bonds campaign, will exceed £540,000. This w equivalent to a contribution of £8 " household. A further illustration of the enthusiasm with which the appeal was received comes from Taheke, one of tn# northern outposts, where the actingpostmistress collected £692 from 8 population of 135. . . . A The contributions are in addition to. ordinary investments in- national ings accounts, of which there are n flW 48,841 in the district. Of this nu ®. £r 18,764 belong to workers who pay their accounts regularly through, s 3O .natural UftTinga group: schofflflri : V- : ' -'■ ' i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24244, 9 April 1942, Page 6
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112BOMBER BONDS APPEAL New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24244, 9 April 1942, Page 6
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