SPECIAL LOAN EFFORT

Southland Times, Issue 25483, 2 October 1944, Page 4

SPECIAL LOAN EFFORT

Auckland Challenge

To Southland

RIVERSDALE REACHES OBJECTIVE According to figures issued on Friday night Auckland was only one per cent, behind Southland in the Victory Loan percentages, and a special effort was made on Saturday to keep Southliand in the leading position it has occupied since the loan campaign began on August 28. On Saturday Southland’s loan total was increased by £35,162 to £1,237,127. Therefore, in the three remaining days Southland will require to raise £293,873 if it is to reach its objective of £1,531,000. There were 53 applications for £24,285 worth of stock on Saturday, and national savings deposits and the sale of Victory bonds realized £10,877. To date there have been 1629 applications for stock in Southland, ’and it is hoped that by tomorrow this total will have been raised to 2000. The Eastern District has now raised £160,269 towards its objective of £223,000 and Gore has £96,546 of its objective of £156,500. Riversdale has exceeded its objective of £9OOO. Its total on Saturday was raised to £9611. This is the ninth objective success in Southland. PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE On Saturday the chairman of the Southland District War Loan Committee, Mr A. Wachner, received the following telegram from the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser:—“This personal message is to point out the urgent need for the Victory Loan being fully subscribed before closing day, next Wednesday. The money is required to ensure payment to servicemen and their dependents and to meet accounts of the United Kingdom for war equipment, transport and other services. Your co-operation would be sincerely appreciated.” According to the district organizer, Mr W. G. Nield, the highlight of the loan campaign in Southland has been the good results obtained through national savings deposits and the sale of Victory bonds. He said that the total to date from these sources was £337,983. He expected that several more district objectives would be obtained through- national savings deposits and bond sales. He added that he thought Southland was fully determined to win the first honour banner by being the first province to reach its objective. If Southland responded in the closing days of the loan, as he was confident it would, the objective should be reached on Tuesday night. He urged all who had not yet subscribed to the loan to act at once. The sale of Victory bonds in the vestibule of the Chief Post Office on Saturday morning brought in £4OO. DISTRICT CONTRIBUTIONS The Victory ball held at Nightcaps on Friday evening was a big success. The sum of £5BO was received in loan investments towards Nightcap’s quota. The Underwood . Milk Condensery Employees’ Union has invested £5O in the loan.

The wheelbarrow race held at Otautau on Saturday evening resulted in £205 being raised for the loan. Mr A. Harrington was the winner. The prizes, which were Victory bonds donated by Thomson and McKenzie, sawmillers, were presented by Mr A. A. Liddell, chairman of the Otautau War Loan Committee. It is expected that the interest aroused •by the race will result in substantial subscriptions to the loan in the Otautau district today and tomorrow.

Tonight the final special appeal over the air ‘Will be given from Station 4YZ. The title of the talk, at 7.50 p.m., will be “Zero hour .and our nlain duty.”

90 PER CENT IN HAND Southland Still Leads (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 1. Victory Loan subscriptions to Saturday totalled £28,916,729, an increase of £1,286,807 on Friday night’s figures.. The objective percentages obtained to date are as follows: Southland 90, Auckland 87,. Otago 72, Gisborne-East Coast 71, Taranaki 70, Marlborough 70, North Otago 70, Wellington 65, Northland 64, Manawatu 64, Wanganui 63, Hawke’s Bay 61, Buller 60, Nelson 60, South Canterbury 58, Waikato-King Country 55, Thames-Bay of Plenty 55, Canterbury 54, Westland 54, Wairarapa 53.