THE LIBERTY LOAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24636, 15 July 1943, Page 2

THE LIBERTY LOAN

FINAL AUCKLAND FIGURES TOTAL OF £7,198.477 The total contribution of the Auckland postal district to the Third Liberty Loan was £7,198,477, according to final figures issued by the Mayor, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, yesterday. This sum is £12.010 higher than the total announced from Wellington by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. W Nash, at the week-end. Of the additional amount, £10.050 has been reported to Auckland's credit by the Post Office, and £1960 by the Treasury. The target for the Auckland postal district was £6,714,240, so this sum was over-subscribed by £484,237. Assisted by facilities provided by the company, the staff of Ross and Glendining, Limited, throughout New Zealand contributed £14,02*5 to ■ the Liberty Loan. Of this amount, £2302 was subscribed by Auckland employees. LOCAL AND GENERAL Patriotic Donation The Takapuna Borough Council decided at its meeting last night to donate the sum of £IOO to the -Metropolitan Patriotic Fund. This amount will be included in the quota for the district. First Spring Lambs The first spring lambs to be offered for sale this year were in the pens at the Westfield saleyards yesterday. Four well-fattened Dorset Horn lambs from the farm of Mr. H. J. Kelliher, Puketutu Island, were sold by Dalgety and Company, Limited, and bidding for the animals was keen. The top price was 17s 6d. Although several instances of early lambs being born have been reported over the past few weeks, these are the first to be marketed at Westfield. Plenty for All "Anyone who sees our production in wartime must know that there is no reason why any people in the world should lack the necessities, or even the luxuries, of life,'' said Mr. Douglas Robb, in an address on the future of medicine given to members of the Auckland Creditmen's Club yesterday. The speaker said that the position in that regard had changed even in the last 20 years. The problem was no longer one of technical advance, hut a sociological one. and the same was true of medicine. Value of Lectures Doubt was expressed by members of the Auckland Dig for Victory campaign committee last night as to the value of lectures as a means of stimulating interest in the growing of vegetables. One member of a horticultural society said his organisation's experience had been that lectures had not been successful, owing to poor attendances. Until it was impressed on the minds of , the public that they would not get any vegetables unless they grew them themselves, he said, little interest would be shown in lectures. Lighting Road Blocks The question of improving the visibility of road blocks in the Auckland district was discussed , by -the touring manager of the Automobile Association (Auckland), Mr. It. E. Champtaloup, at last night's meeting of the council. Some of the blocks were very difficult to see when visibility was poor, he said, While some were lit, others were painted with black stripes on a white background. The Army was now experimenting, however, with aluminiumpaint stripes on a black wooden flat, which could he inclined slightly to reflect headlights with greater brilliancy. Quality of Stickers Following complaints from various centres regarding the quality of the new relicensing stickers for motor vehicles, the Automobile Association (Auckland) carried out a representative survey this week. A report presented at last night's meeting of the council stated that, out of" 100 cars examined, six stickers were definitely pitted, six were torn or damaged, while BS_ were generally very good. The president, Mr. F. G. Farrell, said that, while they were not as good as was desired, no blame was attachable to the makers. The fault lay in the poor quality ordered by the Transport Department. Aim of Rehabilitation "Statements made by Ministers and members of the Rehabilitation Council have seemed to indicate that the authorities are looking to State undertakings, very largely Public Works and State farming propositions, as the main line of policy for rehabilitation," said Mr. W. W. Mulhclland. in his presidential address at the Dominion conference of the Farmers' Union. "Public Works as a rehabilitation policy is a waste of men to provide work. The aim should be to enable each individual to find the niche in which he can make the greatest contribution to the welfare of himself and the community, while freely living his own life with the minimum of interference from the State or anyone else. The encouragement of private enterprise is the best road to the realisation of this aim."