NATIONAL SAVINGS
BIG SUM IN BRITAIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, August 3 A total of £9,192,037 was raised last week in war savings, of which £3,265,562 was from the sale of savings certificates, £3,889,475 from the sale of defence bonds, and £2,037,000 from the increase in the balance due to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank and trustee savings banks. Since the opening of the campaign £181,333,266 has been raised by the sale of savings certificates and £135,418,455 by the sale of defence bonds. During the same period the balance due to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank and trustee savings banks increased by £46,835,314. giving a grand total of £313,587,035.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21183, 5 August 1940, Page 10
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115NATIONAL SAVINGS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21183, 5 August 1940, Page 10
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