SUBSCRIPTIONS POUR IN
London War Weapons Week , LONDON. May 19. London’s War Weapons Week, by which it is hoped to raise £100.000,000, has resulted in many donations. Two companies subscribed £3,000,000 each and twenty comnanies contributed a total of £31,000,000. Crowds jammed the selling counters to buy stamps, certificates, and bonds. Sixty-two local committees, consisting of 1,000 voluntary workers, gathered in contributions throughcut Greater London. Subscriptions poured in through 1800 post offices, 1800 branches of banks, and 750 selling centres. Collectors on the Stock Exchange took £200,000 from brokers. Southgate’s objective was £250,000. but £300,000 was gathered in by the middle of the afternoon. Tottenham has already doubled its objective of £250,000,
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21969, 22 May 1941, Page 5
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