WAR CERTIFICATES

Otago Witness, Issue 3331, 16 January 1918, Page 53

WAR CERTIFICATES

AN APPEAL TO THE SCHOOLS

The following circular has been addressed by the Minister of Finance (Sir Joseph Ward) to head ■ school ..teachers throughout the dominion:

"I realise that the aid I received from the teachers in August last was of very great value. Not only were many certificates sold to children, but they received a valuable lesson in the possibility of helping the State by their individual efforts. For the furtherance of the sale of war loan certificates I have issued a small folder, of which I am sending you a supply. On this the price of a five-year certificate may be saved in stomps. May I again ask your assistance in helping to raise the further sum required to sustain our small, but valiant, army in the field ? Children receive many money presents in the holiday season. They will willingly, if so advised by their teachers, set aside a portion and lend it to the State. It will bo a training in self-denial and selfreliance, which will maJce each of them a better citizen in the days to como. The cause is the cause of our young nation ; it is the cause of our young Empire, and also of our race. It is your cause ajxl mine; yet without, individual effort wewoiild be powerless. But each will do his duty, and we shall win." The folder contains spaces for 16 Is stamps, and the Minister adds: "Buy a shilling stamp at the post office as often as you can before March, 1913. When the spaces are filled, present this at any money order office and a £1 certificate will be siven in exchange. I want the boys and girls of New Zealand to show thou- elders how to raiso money. Which school will top the tree ?