SPITFIRE FUND

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 244, 16 October 1940, Page 6

SPITFIRE FUND

£lOO,OOO MARK PASSED MONEY TO BE FORWARDED i TO BRITAIN BALANCE TO N.I’S SHARE IN EMPIRE SCHEME i I [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Oct. 15. ' The lyjjnister of Finance, Hon. W. Nash, announced to-day that £101,( 14s 6d has been received in the public j account on behalf of the aeroplanes ! fund’ and arrangements are being; made to remit to the United Kingdom | Government the balance cf the £lOO,- j 000 (N.Z. currency) which ‘ promised. The allocation of planer Lo the pro- ; vincial patriotic districts for the pur • pose of naming the planes after such . districts where the funds have been ■ raised, will be undertaken as soon as ; the money from outstanding lists is I received in the public account. The surplus over £lOO,OOO will be paid to the United Kingdom Government on account of the Dominion s share of the cost of the Empire airtraining scheme. Amounts received during the weeK are: Onga Onga district, per Mrs. A J. Parker, £22 Is 6d; Raglan IntelZone Patriotic Committee, £147 2s 3d; The Press, Christchurch, sth instalment, £1352 13s 3d; Egmont County list, Opunake, £l4B 10s 6d; Mayor’s list, Woodville, 4th. instalment, £32 2s; Kaiapoi Patriotic Committee, Kaiapoi, £100; A. O. Johnson, Waimate, £1; Westland Provincial Patriotic Council, Hokitika, £2BB 7s 6d; Opunake Borough Patriotic Committee, Opunake, £7B 7s 8d; Havelock North Town Board list, Havelock North, £153 0s 6d; Alfredton Patriotic Committee (Eketahuna County area), £2O; Evening Post list, Wellington, £13,387 7s 7d; Mayor’s Fund, Hamilton, £2935 17s sd; Waipukurau and district, Waipukurau. £561 6s; Porangahau and district, Waipukurau, £3O 14s 6d; Martinborough Ladies’ Golf Club, Martinborough, £1 6s; Women’s Division Farmers’ Union, £5000; Rotorua Morning Post list, Rotorua, £855 7s 3d; Dannevirke and District Patriotic Society, £B5l 19s Id; Kaponga Town Board list, £33 9s.