PATRIOTIC FUND

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 23, 13 November 1945, Page 5

PATRIOTIC FUND

WHAKATANE ZONE QUOTA

OVERSUBSCRIBED BY £3001)

The most remarkable feature of the response to the current* Patriotic Appeal is the manner in which it was so substantially oversubscribed by seven districts, the total amounting to £3 119 16s 9d. This was disclosed 9 at a meeting of the Zone Committee last Thursday when the whole position was tabled by the secretary s Mr C. G. Lucas. The most prominent feature of ill? table setting out the position is that Te Teko a district carrying a large Maori population heads the list of over-subscriptions with an excess of no less than £1, ( 196 18s 7d. In effect then Te Teko with its current levy taken into consideration (£540) found over three times that amount £1 ? 736 18s 7d. Edgecumbe with £1,125 lis Id to find subscribed £2 286 5s 3d an excess of £1,160 14s 2d. The Borough of Whakatane; and Ohope over-subscflibed to the extent of £626 2s 9d, while Taneatua and Opouriao found £80 extra. Otakiri found £49 11s 6d in excess and Waimana £6 4s 2d.

The position is set out in the following table as presented by the secretary for the conclusion of the active period 7/11/45: —

Committee 1945 Quota Cash Recvd Matata 354 0 0 354 0 0 Manawahe 216 12 5 199 16 0 Thornton 380 16 10 246 11- 9 Otakiri 394 G 6 398 18 2 Te Tcko 540 0 0 1736 18 7 Ruatahuna 255 14 11 55 0 0 Te Wha'iti 421 12 5 147 16 0 Edgecumbe 1125 11 1 2286 5 3 Awakeri 720 0 0 692 1 5 Ngatiawa 498 1 5 328 14 11 Taneatua and Opouriao 845 0 0 925 0 0 Ruatoki 432 7 5 Wainui 180 0 0 180 5 5 Borough and 6hope 1965 7 9 2591 KJ" b Galatea 83 15 10 *68 |9 7 Waimana 540 0 0 546 1 2 Plus Sundry Payments 241 13 0 £S9OB 6 7 £10999 1 3