ECONOMY IN BRITAIN.
LONDON, June 6. The Postmaster-General told the House of Commons that. since the beginning of the war, the number of post office applications for war loans,, exchequer bonds and war savings certificates totalled 191,000,000. This had not affected savings banks deposits, which were now £185,400,000 as compared with £180,000,000. This was a remarkable tribute to the financial strength of the country. Th© announcement . was received with cheers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 4
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