LOAN PROGRESS

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22456, 18 September 1944, Page 2

LOAN PROGRESS

£479,380 IN DISTRICT HAMILTON INVESTS £176,109 A further £15,844 2s 2d was invested in the Victory Loan on Saturday throughout the Waikato-King Country area, bringing total subscriptions to £479,380 6s Id, of which amount Hamilton has subscribed £176,109 8s 2d, representing 29 per cent of its individual objective, £597,150. Over the whole district the amount invested to date is 26 per cent of the target of £1,895,000. The loan is now in its fourth week, this week to be Air Force Week. The Engineers’ Union at Hamilton has decided to invest £IOO in the loan. It was further decided that the members of the union be circularised and that all workers be called on to support the loan. This contribution is separate from anything undertaken by the head office of the union. The following table shows the amounts invested in the major towns of the district. Raglan has oversubscribed its objective by £602: Town Total Target Hamilton .. .. 176J09 597,150 Cambridge .. 22*105 121,539 Huntly .. .. 16,078 80,004 Matamata .. .. 22,865 97,589 Morrinsville .. 22,149 108,012 Ngaruawahia .. 9,407 47,226 Otorohanga .. 11,810 56,937 Putaruru .. .. 15,932 37,447 Rotorua .. .. 43,465 142,952 Taumarunui .. 18,408 81,873 Te Awamutu .. 31,247 149,241 Te Kuiti .. .. 15,585 78.194 Kawhia .. .. 960 9,930 Onaupo .. .. 6,143 12,225 Pio Pio .. .. 1,199 16,572 Pukemiro .. .. 1.218 4.453 Raglan .. .. 11,327 10,725 Taupiri .. .. 3,229 26,012 Te Mata .. .. 2,690 5,696 Waharoa .. .. 7,132 15.307 Walton .. .. 2,095 6,101 DISTRICT OBJECTIVE £1,895,000 ■ £1,895,000 ■ £1,579,166 ■ £1.263,332 ■ £947,500 ■ £631,666 ■ ■ £315,833 § THE EASIEST PART In a further appeal for support of the Victory Loan, of which the Waikato—King Country area is asked to provide £1,895,000, Mr T. H. Melrose, chairman of the district war loan committee, said to-day that the target should present no great difficulty when the amount was spread over the whole district. “Only two weeks and five days remain of the period of the loan appeal," he said, stressing the point that people away from the fighting fronts had the easiest part of the war effort. “Air toe have to do is to purchase bonds,” he said. Mr Melrose mentioned Mount Olympus, Thermopylae, Piraeus, Merseh Matruh, El Alamein, Sidi Baresh, Takhrouna Heights, Cassino and Florence as names to conjure with and inspire the people at home to provide funds. “All our other services are on the same high plane,” he said. “The Air Force, the Navy and the Merchant Service have achieved their objectives whenever set the task.” MAORIS RAISE £20,000 Special .drives conducted by the Maori War Effort Organisation for the Victory Loan had resulted in Maori organisations in the North Island subscribing about £20,000 up to last Friday. These investments are split up between the tribal committees in the Maori war effort zones. ) £12,620,357 FOR DOMINION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sunday The amount subsfcribed to the Victory Loan on Saturday was £286,051, making the total £12j,620,357. Objective percentages for<districts to date are:—Southland, 55 toer cent; Auckland, SC; Otago, 39;i Taranaki, 38; Marlborough, 38; \ Gisborne-East Coast, 36; North Otago, 32; Wanganui, 31; Manawatu, ) 31; Hawke’s Bay, 29; Nelson, 27;' Wellington, 27; Northland, 27; Waikatip-King Country, 26; Wairarapa, 25; South Canterbury, 24; Canterbury, 24; Buffer, 24; Westland, 23; Thames-Bay of Plenty, 21. !