NATIONAL SAVINGS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21992, 18 June 1941, Page 3

NATIONAL SAVINGS

CAMPAIGN FOR 250,000 ACCOUNTS In the course of an interview the chairman of the National Savings Committee, Mr T. N. Smallwood, indicated that the response to date to the appeal launched on Sunday of last week and given publicity over the air and in the newspapers was most gratifying; During the week 8000 new accounts were opened,’making a total of 132,000. The week’s figures were better than during any week for several months, although hot yet Up to the high level reached in the earlier stages of the campaign before Christmas. The object of the 'Tatlonal Savings Committee is to ensure a solid foundation for the National Savings Movement in New Zealand by enlisting a minimum of 250,000 supporters. The opening of ah account is the first step In each individual’s part of the collective effort. To be effective, this inust be followed by regular contributlotis throughout the war period. Mr Smallwood Intimated that one phase of the Committee’s activities which it was anticipated would assist the campaign was the dispatch to every householder in the Dominion of copies of the two simple forms rennir->d to enable an account to be opened. These were being forwarded under cover or a household circular with a request that If the recipient already has an account hd ensure that the forms are made use of by some other member of the community. As there are srim-t ""3 households in the Dominion, solid support to this.appeal by touijure- i forms or ensuring that somebody else who has not an account completes them, would enlist the backing of a very large percentage of the people of the Dominion and indicate clearly that we as a nation are determined to play our part.