TARANAKI FIRM’S GESTURE
PROFITS FROM M AR WORK. (P.A.) Wellington, Sept. 24. The Government has received unconditional donation of £lOOO toward the war effort from Kibby’s Metal Pressing Works, New Plymouth. the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, announced to-night. This sum represents the entire gross profits ot the firm from making and supplying heel and toe plates for military footwear. “In making this gift,” said Mr. Fraser, “the firm states that they do not wish to profit from work undertaken for the Armed Services. The Government greatly appreciates this attitude and regards the handsome contribution as a further heartening evidence of the support being accorded the Government’s all-in war policy.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 227, 26 September 1942, Page 3
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