BOMBER BONDS
A WONDERFUL RESPONSE The total invested in Bomber Bonds in the Dominion, including 1 telephone promises being paid up to closing time on Tues>day night averaged! approximately £1 13s 4di a head of population and about 66 per cent higher thian was originally aimed at. The highest return was from Wanganui at £2 16s> 7d ! a head of papulation. Next were Napier £2 5s 7d, Blenheim £2 4s 8d and 1 Hamilton; £1 19s 3d. Of the main centres Wellington was first with £1 17s 3d 1 , Auckland 1 next with £1 9s 6d and then Christchurch £1 7s 9d and Dunedin £1 Os 3d.
WAIMANA'S TOTAL
£2598 COLLECTED
The final figure for the' sale of Bomber Bonds in Waimana has been announced as £2598. For a district with the limited population of Waimana the effort can be described ns remarkable.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 38, 10 April 1942, Page 5
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143BOMBER BONDS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 38, 10 April 1942, Page 5
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