PATRIOTIC BOARD’S BUDGET
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, November 22. To meet requirements for general patriotic purposes, sick and wounded and prisoners of war the National Pa-' triotic Fund Board has budgeted for a total of £752,700 for the year ending September 30,1942. The budget was submitted to the national conference of patriotic bodies this week and adopted. Under the arrangement made at previous conferences the board does not appeal direct to the public for funds. The provincial councils will be responsible for raising all requirements. The figures given showed that on October 1 the ; .sick and wounded fund stood at £451,500. The total amount required from this account for the current year is £285,500, so that the balance at the end of September will be £166,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 24600, 24 November 1941, Page 4
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