WANGANUI HEALTH STAMPS SALES SECOND FOR DOMINION

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 October 1947, Page 4

WANGANUI HEALTH STAMPS SALES SECOND FOR DOMINION

The sales o£ Health Stamps during the first week of the campaign in the Wanganui postal district were most gratifying, amounting to a value of £2625, against £1384 for the same period last year. The total figure aimed at was £2674. Wanganui" has certainly excelled itself this year, gaining second .place for the whole of New Zealand. Dunedin "gained first place.

fhe organising secretary (Mrs. K. Gould Fennell) slated last night that the success of the first week’s sales was indeed a wonderful credit to the people of Ulis city. The support given by the Health Stamp Committee was the factor that made the sales of the first week such an outstanding success, while the staff of the Chief Post Office rendered every possible assistance to the committee. Mrs. Fennell specially mentioned the chief postmaster (Mr Stuckey) and his assistant (Mr. Catanach). It was hoped that the selling of the stamps would be completed by Christmas. This could be made possible by each hou'vhold purchasing Health Stamps to the value of 2s 6d. Mrs. Fennell stated that the response from the Wanganui schools and colleges was, to say the least, remarkable.

Timaru was third in stamp sales for the past week, with 85 per cent., and Wellington fourth, with 83 per cent. Dominion sales for the first week totalled £59,700, compared with £48,569 last year. The goal for the Dominion for this year's campaign is £lOO,OOO.