LIBERTY LOAN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 116, 20 May 1942, Page 4

LIBERTY LOAN

WANGAGUI campaign for BUND SALES REALISTIC DISPLAY ON FRIDAY “Comprehensive plans have been ? completed lor tne launcning on Friuay next oi an intensive drive ior the sale i oi 3-ioerty Bonus to augment tne re- • spouse oi the Wanganui district for • tne Liberty Loan,' said the district . organiser, Mr. j. Gillick, yesterday. The special leatures arranged provide lor a sustained ei'lort eacn day until . the closing date lor the loan. p On Friday, commencing at 2 p.m., ; the various girls’ marching teams, in their gaily coloured costumes. will parade through the Avenue, to be followed at 2.15 by what promises to be ' the finest military display yet seen in Wanganui. This parade will include all forms of mechanised equipment and on this occasion some new' and interesting leatures in the nature of field kitchens, cooking the army meals, p 1 will be seen. A further attraction will , be large motor-lorries camouflaged as 1 anti-aii\ratt posts carrying a battery ; of guns. Also included in the proces- v ‘ sion will be Bren-gun carriers, Beaverettes, scout cars, armoured trucks, field ambulances and motor-cycle ! units. Bands w-ill head the parade. 11 ' At the conclusion Bren-gun carriers r( will detour and pick up the girls’ p ' marching Teams and return down the b< Avenue displaying appropriate slogans. At 2.30 p.m. a special flight of bombers pf will lend additional realism to the parade. pc Business Finns ( o-operate. A representative meeting of business Ih men, presided over by Mr. G. E. Ben- e> nett, met yesterday morning to final- ci ise arrangements ior their participa- to tion in tne campaign. It was the 1u unanimous wish oi tne meeting io ask fo His Worship the Mayor to invite citizens to co-opcrate by dosing down tc business premises for the period of the th parade, from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday. at At the conclusion oi the parade w street sales of bonds will be conducted dr by staffs of various firms, operating di from Bren-gun carriers. tr Details ol the spectacular window ai displays being arranged by live large ti< bus’ness firms were completed. Tne w display at the D.I.C. will feature arm\ equipment; Woolworths Ltd. will illustrate Red Cross and V.A.D. Services; McKenzie’s Ltd.. Air Force; and Me- ,!i Gruer’s Ltd., a display of souvenirs of the present war. Decorated selling booths will be es- iIT tablished at the D.1.C.. Warnock’s. Woolworth’s. McKenzie’s, Londontown, and McGruer’s for the sale of 1° bonds each day during the campaign. a l The meeting decided to urge upon a ? business people the desirability of displaying bunting and flags, not necessarily on poles but hung in streamers fr from the front of their premises. w - M fo SEVEN MILLIONS PASSED tl( (P.A.) Wellington, May 19. -pj The Reserve Bank announced to-day that subscriptions to the Liberty Loan ni , now total £7,109,000 made up as follows:—2i per cent, stock £2,682,810; 3 per cent, stock, £4,426,670. .................. th TEST OF ALARM SIRENS rt hr th A typ-e of hand-operuti’i.l alarm siren will be tested in Wanganui sa by the Army Di'partment at 7.30 p.m. to-day. People have Imth di requested not to confuse it with Ise the E.P.S. alarm signal, nc