HALF OF TARGET ATTAINED

Southland Times, Issue 25691, 28 June 1943, Page 5

HALF OF TARGET ATTAINED

Latest Liberty Loan Totals (Special) WELLINGTON, June 27. The Liberty Loan figures completed to Saturday show a highly satisfactory total of investors who number .124,121 after giving credit to subscribers of £1 bonds and those who have opened national savings accounts. Up to the present, states the Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Nash) the published figures have included only those who have purchased stock and bonds for £lO or more. The number of these, however, has now risen to 41,000, but what is more pleasing is the satisfactory result disclosed from the preliminary count of the buyers of £1 bonds and depositors to savings accounts. These amount to no less than 78,000 and the list is still incomplete as it has not been possible to check through the large number of deposit slips received.

The following is a summary to date: —Stock applications, 28,944 for £16,078,465; £lOO bonds, 496 for £68,635; £lO bonds 11,571 for £253,120; >£l bonds, 28,100 for £55,918; National savings accounts, 55.000 for £102,177. This shows a total of 124,121 investors for £17,477,915. Districts which have passed the halfway mark in reaching their objectives are:—Wellington, 59 per cent, representing £2,591,488; Auckland, 54 per cent, representing £3,614,047; Nelson, 52 per cent, representing £286,799; Dunedin, 51 per cent, representing £1,274,249; Invercargill, 51 per cent, representing £633,568. National institutions have subscribed £4,660,000. “The result is excellent,” Mr Nash stated. “I must point out, however, that in three weeks we have raised approximately half the loan, leaving a similar amount to be secured in two weeks. We must not let up. Everyone who has not subscribed should do so and subscribe to the limit, while some of those who have already done so may be able to do more. I am sure New Zealand will respond to the call and that when the final figures are given we shall achieve a record, both in the numbers of investors and the amount invested.”

MONEY TO ARM AIR FORCE

Wings For Victory Week This is Air Force week in the liberty Loan campaign period and the slogan for the week is “Wings For Victory.” This morning members of the W.A.A.F. will deliver posters to shops, offices, factories and other establishments in the city. Various stores in the city will have window displays appropriate to the week. On Wednesday a training fighter plane will fly over the city and other ! centres in the province. Following is ; the timetable for the plane:—Gore, noon, Mataura 12.5 p.m,, Wyndham 12.10 p.m., Edendale 12.13 p.m., Invercargill 12.23 p.m. The plane will land at Invercargill for lunch and will leave again at 1.30 p.m. and the remainder of the timetable will be: Riverton 1.'40 p.m., Orepuki 1.48 p.m., Tuatapere 1.53 p.m., Otautau 2.2 p.m., Nightcaps 2.8 p.m., Winton 2.16 p.m., Dipton 2.25 p.m., Mossburn 2.35 p.m., Lumsden 2.45 p.m., Balfour 2.50 p.m., Riversdale 2.55 p.m. Arrangements have been made for 20,000 leaflets to be broadcast from the plane. A certain number of the leaflets will be autographed by an Air Force officer and for everyone of these leaflets returned to the district organizer, Mr W. G. Nield, the finder will receive a £1 Liberty bond in exchange. There is now £3l in hand to provide these bonds, the money having been donated as follows:—C. Gordon Macauley, Mossburn £lO, W. A. Ott £5. Southland Frozen Meat Company £5, G. Robertson, Riverton £5, Gore Loan Committee £5, Anonymous £l. PERSONAL CONTACTS On Friday, Mr J. N. Armour, president of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, Mr R. W. Cox, deputy chief accountant of the Reserve Bank, Wellington, Mr W. J. McKittrick and Mr W. J. A. McGregor addressed successful meetings at Parawa, Athol and Garston. A committee was formed in each centre and the object is to make personal contacts with residents throughout the whole district. The opinion was expressed that the district’s target, £7OOO would be attained. Yesterday Mr D. Harris, representing the Southland Trades Council,, and Mr W. G. Nield, district organizer, addressed delegates to a meeting of the Sawmill Workers’ Union. On Friday. Mr S. Anderson, president of the Southland Trades Council, and Mr Harris visited Kingsland’s biscuit factory and through the courtesy of the management held a meeting with the staff. As a result members of the staff agreed to subscribe about £2OO to the loan. Apart from purchases by its staff, Broad Small Ltd. has sold £l2O worth of Liberty bonds to the public. On Friday members of the W.W.S.A. sold £BO worth of bonds at the dugout in Dee street. Over £l5OO has been subscribed to the loan by members of the staff of the Southland Electric Power Supply. LATEST TOTALS Two more places in Southland, Waimahaka and Browns have beaten their target totals. In each case the target was £3OOO. Seven centres in the province have now attained their targets. On Saturday morning 99 applications for £13,000 worth of stock were received, making the total to date 3156 applications for £664,927. National savings depositors are not included in this total of applications. The following table shows the amount collected in each centre in Southland up to June 25 and also the target for each centre:

VISIT OF “BOND WAGON” The “bond wagon,” which has toured the South Island with remarkable success, and which has already raised thousands of pounds for the war loan in sales of bonds, will arrive at Gore tonight. The personnel of the wagon includes artists of ability who will combine with Gore entertainers in presenting a programme at a community sing in the Regent Theatre, Gore, tonight. The Mayor of Gore (Mr W. D. Shelton) will extend an official welcome to the visitors and Mr H. H. Doughty will speak on behalf of the Eastern Southland Third Liberty Loan Committee. Those desiring to buy bonds at the theatre will be provided with the facilities to do so. Before leaving for Invercargill the wagon will visit the Gore schools, when pupils will be given the opportunity of pasting savings stamps on bombs and depth charges. A decision to invest £soo‘ln the third Liberty Loan was made at a meeting of the committee of the Gore Trotting Club. This club’ has already loaned the sum of £lOOO to the Government free of interest,

Received. Target. £ £ Invercargill 428,110 656,500 Arrowtown 539 9,000 Athol 518 3,000 Balfour 2,417 9,000 Bluff 5,432 43,000 “Browns 3,009 3,000 Colac Bay 4 5,500 Dipton 4,403 10,500 Edendale 4,142 16,500 Fairfax 665 1,000 Fortrose 1,300 2,500 Garston 373 3,000 Glenorchy 1,460 4.000 Gore 57,631 160,500 Halfmoon Bay 680 8,500 Kingston ..... '• 1,000 Lumsden 1,758 11,500 Makarewa Junction 470 2.000 Mataura 5,744 42,500 “Mossburn 5,000 5,000 Nightcaps 1,802 18,500 Ohai 1.964 18,500 “Orawia 3,850 3,000 Orepuki 1,965 7.500 Otautau 11,615 34,500 “Pukerau» 7,100 ' 6,500 Queenstown s 5,454 20,000 Riversdale 5,571 11,500 Riverton 12.37J 34,500 “Thornbury 7,212 3,000 Tokanui 794 7,000 Tuatapere 14.850 21,000 Waikaia 1,519 7,000 “Waikaka 5,914 5,500 Waikawa 190 1,000 ♦Waimahaka 3,123 3,000 Wairio ■ ■ . ■ 3,500 • Winton 17,944 62,000 Woodlands 4,418 6,500 Wyndham > 14,418 * Target reached. 25,000