AUCKLAND LIST

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24633, 12 July 1943, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIST

CITY'S LARGE SHAKE ; £792,000 ABOVE QUOTA CONTRIBUTIONS IN COUNTRY Although the official announcement from Wellington shows that the Auckland postal district has exceeded its quota for the Third Liberty Loan by 7 per cent, preliminary figures available in the city on Saturday revealed a total subscription of £6,678,099, or £36, | If short of the quota of .£6,711.2 10. Confidence was then expressed, however, that when final returns were to baud the quota would be exceeded. Subscriptions provided by the metropolitan area on Sat unlay totalled I'l 11,210, while those from the country amounted to ■)!/. I he district total includes an estimated sum of £136,81-1 paid direct »to the Reserve Bank in Wellington by Auckland investors during the course of the campaign. The position when preliminary figures were made up on Saturday was as follows : , , City Country total £ £ £ Quota .. 5,012,800 1,701,440 0,711, '-'4O Subscribed 5,80-1,502 730,733 (>,511,25.) Deficiency 172,085 Less direct subscriptions (estimated) 130,8-14 30,1 41 Totals for Centres Centres in the postal district which subscribed over £IO,OOO are:—Whangarei, £195,750; Pukekohe, £88,824; Otahuhu. £55,759; Waiuku, £52,420; Dargaville, £4:5,664; Papakura, £.'11,111; Wellsford, £22,427; Kaitaia, £21,148; Kaikohe, £ 18,479; Helensville, £15,985; Warkwort'h, £15,375; Tuakau, £11,858. Totals for other centres are: — Albany, €725; Awanui. £5087; Bombay. £620; Broadwood, £3825; Clovedon, £3261; Henderson, £1222; Herekino. L'l22; Hikurangi, £2.'>l3; Howick, £9889; Kaoo, £5175; Kainara Flafs, £3951; Kaiwaka, £3303; Kaukapakapa. £3l :i.'i; Kawakawa. £1053; Kerikeri Central, £5378; Kohukohu, £9370; Kunieu. £2210; Leigh, £658; Mangonui, £3001; Manurewa, £4651; Matakana. £1477; Maungakaramea, £315: Mauiigaturoto. £2930; Mercer, £1036; Ohaeawai, £1735; Okaihau, £4671 ; Onewhero. £1879; Opua, £33; Papakura military camp, £620; Paparoa, £1482; Paparoa railway, £4; Papatoetoe, £8855; Patumahoe, £7176; Pokeno, £2923; Rmvene, £2735; Ruawai. £4012; Russell, £7789; Silverdale, £1867; To Konuru, £1950; "Waimauku, £2567; Waiotira. £233; Waipn, £7525; Whakapara, £905; Whit ford, £256. Non-per-manent residents subscribed £23,498. Recent Subscriptions

Recent Auckland subscriptions include an investment of £IO,OOO by Wrigley's Products (New Zealand). Limited. The Dominion Compressed Yeast Company, Limited, of Christchurch, has allotted £SOOO toward the Auckland campaign. while another Christchurch firm, ('alder. Mack ay and Company. Limited, has similarly subscribed £IOOO. The Auckland and Suburban Drainage Hoard sinking fund commissioners have invested £SOOO.

Employees of the Colonial Sugar Refinin<r Comnany, Limited, have invested £2170 in the loan. A decision to invest £ISOO was made at the adjourned animal meeting of the Auckland Centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society. The sum of £7B was raised during a .street collection in "Birkenhead borough on Friday and ha« heen invested in the loan. Fine Effort by Schoolchildren Schoolchildren have given notable assistance to i,lie loan. Pupils of 78 schools in the Auckland metropolitan area and in Hamilton have invested £3861, this amount representing the gain since April I of deposits over withdrawals in the children's "school banks" accounts deposited with the Auckland Savings Rank. Mr. F. F. Sutherland, manager of the bank, said yesterday that since April 1. 1911. the gain from the same schools was (5)51.'f. all of which had been invented throuch national savins* in the war effort. This excellent result had been made possible bv the voluntary assistance of the headmasters and teachers in acting as collectors. PROUD OF RESULT THE MAYOR'S VIEWS SMALL INVESTORS' SUPPORT "I am proud of Auckland's effort." said the Mayor, Mr. .1. A. C. Allum, yesterday, when commenting upon the result, of the Third Liberty Loan appeal in the Auckland postal district. ''lt is no small achievement for a population of about :II 10.000 to raise such a large sum in a few weeks." Mr. Allum said the heavy sales of bonds reflected the great support given the loan by small investors. He recalled the arrangement made, when the loan was launched, for purchasing a squadron of bombers out of part of Auckland's subscription, and his promise that they should be known as the workers' contribution if the latter subscribed their share in the appeal. "It can now bo said." he continued, "that the squadron of bombers has heen paid for bv the workers of Auckland."

.Mr. Ailum extended thanks to all wlio limi 1 assistod in (ho loan appeal, and made special rotoronce to the cooperation between employers and employees. Mo was very pleased with the metropolitan result. and also congratulated I'ukekohe for obtaining CHS.OOO against a quota of £BI.OOO While ho hoped it would not lie necessary to make another appeal at a later date, 1"' folt that that would he too much to expect. Accordingly, lie advised people to start saving immediately in case such an appeal was made. JUMPED OVER SHIP BOMB BOUNCED CLEAR (0.C.) NEW PLYMOUTH. Saturday Hazards encountered by naval personnel during intense aerial bombardments are illustrated by the experiences of Lieutenant Gordon Duff, R.X.Z.X. Y.R., formerly of New Plymouth. When his ship was off I'antellaria ho saw a bomb bounce over the bridge and explode half a mile bevond. 1)( ■scribing the short sharp spasms of bombing by Locke Willi's oil' Pantellaria. Lieutenant Dull' said that one German attempted to skid his bomb.s into the ship's side by a 1 tacking almost from sea level. "Releasing the pill he zoomed up and away," continued Lieutenant Dull'. "Wo saw the bomb strike the water and tensed ourselves for the inevitable explosion a couple of seconds later." Such was the angle of impact, however, that. the bomb . literally skidded, bounced 100 feet over the ship's bridge and went on to crash into the sea. where it exploded half a mile beyond the ship. A WET WEEK-END Auckland experienced further wintry weather at the week-end. with heavy rain and overcast conditions. The rain was heavier yesterday than on Saturday, the total fall for the *24 hours ended at midnight being .72in. On Saturday the 21 hours' fall was .50in. There was a rise in temperatures the maximum for the two days being 58 degrees and the minimum 48 degrees. BOOKMAKER TO PAY £IOO (P.A.) DUNEDTN, Saturday A fine of £-100 was imposed on Raymond .Martin Qiiinn, aged 41. when he admitted a charge of bookmaking. The police said lie had a fairly extensive business. When detectives visited his promises early this morning they found £■>") worth of betting already lodged for the Wellington meeting. Quinu was lined £250 iu 1830, and £IOO iu 1940,