PATRIOTIC GESTURES
(United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 24. An announcement that Mr F. W. Burley, of Hamilton, who recently made a donation of £5OO a year foi the duration of the war and six months after had given £lOOO for the purchase of cheese for distribution to men of the Navy and Army was made by the Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Nash) today. Mr Nash said that recently the Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) invited exhibitors at the centennial exhibition to give their stands to the Government for demolition and use the materials in the remodelled building which will be used by the Air Force. Wellington Co-operative Taxis, although not exhibitors, has handed to the Government 25 fully-paid shares in the Exhibition Company “as an expression of goodwill from a small organization.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24161, 25 June 1940, Page 4
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139PATRIOTIC GESTURES Southland Times, Issue 24161, 25 June 1940, Page 4
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