AN APPEAL TO YOUTH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 12, 15 January 1932, Page 7

AN APPEAL TO YOUTH

ACTION BY PRINCE OP WALES DEMANDS OF TO-DAY. Received Jan. 14, 8.40 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 14. The Prince of Wales, on his own initiative, is addressing Y’oung Britain at the Albert Hall, on January 27, when the audience will consist of school boys, Boy Scouts and representatives of al] kinds of youth. His speech wi l ! be broadcast and repeated, by means of loud speakers, at 50 meetings in various parts of the country. Feeling that the present economic crisis calls for special efforts by the young people, tho Prince has asked the National Society of Social Service, to organise a means of kindling a spirit of unselfishness and inaugurating a cal] to voluntary service on. behalf of the nation.

STATE SAVINGS BANK. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTROL. Received Jan. 14, 8.59 p.m. SYDNEY, Jun. 14. To-day’s full release of State Savings Bank depositors’ money, aggregal ing £30,000,000. revealed that lack o ( faith in this institution under New South M ales control had completely vanished. There was no rush oi depositors to withdraw money and a big staff of paying tellers waited a quarter of an hour after the opening of tho Commonwealth Bank before a solitary depositor of the defunct State Bank presented a withdrawal slip. The Commor.wealt Bank authorities are delighted with the turn affairs have taken. Mr. E. C. Riddle, Governor of the Bank, declared: “it is quite apparent that the people trust us, as we trust them. We do not anticipate any rush on funds after this.”