RECORD NUMBER OF COUPONS SURRENDERED

Chronicle (Levin), 22 May 1946, Page 7

RECORD NUMBER OF COUPONS SURRENDERED

-Press Associatton

Bv Teleorauh—

WELLINGTON, Alay 21. . A reeord number of rneat and buttei coupons was voluntarily surrendered during the wcek ended Alonday as pari of the New Zealand campaign to provide more food for the people oi Britain. Buttcr coupons totalled 13,317 compared with 11,577 for . tlie previo.ua wcek. Aleat coupons totalled . 240,082 compared with {123,342 the week before. Oamaru headed the list and won the Pennant with a big increase in surrendered coupons for a small population. It was in ninth plaee- thc week before. Alasterton maintained an impr.ovemeut to obtain seeond plaee. Christchurch, with nearly a quartcr" of the totai coupons surrendered for New Zealand/ had a reeord for a eity. Wellington ihiproved slightly, but the Famine Emer geney Committee statcd this evcning tliat Auckland and Wellington were outstanding failures in their realisatioii of the need for saving of food , and lts urgcncy. While the committee was gratihed with the steady increase in surrendered coupons, it uiade an urgent apjreal to districts that had yet to develop their local organi^ation. Leading districts in the past week's campaign had outstanding results. Some idea of the percentages was indicated by the fact that Auckland and. ' Wellington ; would have to multiply their saerillee eight times to be near the leaders. Results of the collectioii of coup'ons , last week in the main postal districts, in ordor of merit based on population, 1.TA *

The preyious week 's ,, totnls were 11,577 buttcr and 223,34i{ mpat.'

Butter. Aleat. Oamaru .. .. 511 10,567 Masterton • 788 9,4J4 Christchureh .. .. 2,783 54,072 Nelson .. 673 8,722 Blenheim 277' 3,390 GisborUe -475 7,799 Invercargill .. 1,113 11,499 Dunedin .» .. .. 1,395 22,76! Timaru .. .. 782 6,999 Hamilton 656 18,318 Napier 780 9,408 Wanganui .. .. 253 7,418 New Plymouth .. .. 369 8,374 Palmerston North .. 516 8,333 Whangarei .. .. 154 4,409 Westport 52 '87 J Wellington .. .. 524 18,99? Auckland 953 22,6 1? Greymouth .. .. 131 1,972 Thames •• .. .. 134 3,476 Totals: .. .. 13.31.7 . . 240.081: