HEALTH STAMPS.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 18764, 20 December 1935, Page 4

HEALTH STAMPS.

PROGRESS OF CAMPAIGN. FUND NOW TOTALS £BG2B. When tills year’s health stamp campaign was inaugurated by the Gov-ernor-General, Viscount Galway, on September 2!), the financial objective of £10,01)0 might have appeared ambitious, hut there is every prospect of ils achievement at an early date. The Director-General of tiie Post Office, Mr G. McNamara, reports that since Hie last periodic statement of linunco there has been an addition of £1304 to Ihe total, which now stands at £BO2B is 7d. Health camp programmes for tho we I tare of llm children have been substantially extended owing to llic prompt and generous response of the, public throughout flic Dominion. The organisations concerned are eonlidenlly basing their plans upon ihe attainment of Ihe full sum all of which can no effectively utilised. District totals lo dale are as follows: Wellington, £lß!>7 lus (id; Auckland, £IOO3 10s I Id; Napier, £740 Os 8d; Dunedin, £O7B Os Hot; Invercargill. £O2B 4s 2d; Palmerston North, £7>oß 8s Id; Hamilton, £338 0s Id; ( Jirisleliui-eli, £317 Mis 8d : New Plymouth. £3 13 (is 2d; Wanganui, £3OO 18s Id: Gishornc. £24 4 Os 2d; Thames, £227 17s 2d: Timaru, .LID. 34s 2d; Blenheim, £l3B Os 3d: Grcymout.li, £137 is .3d; Oamnni, £127 Os 2d; Nelson, £77 17s !>d; Westport, £lO 3s Gd; total. £BO2B is 7d, made lip of health stamps £ i 032 3s id, sale of envelopes £337 7s Od, and donations £i2lß ils ltd.