National Savings

Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1949, Page 2

National Savings

At the close of the 52nd weelc all 24 quota offices in the Palmerston Nortli postal district had obtained their re spective annual objectives, thus giving this district its tliird consecutive 1UJ .per cent. success. This gratifyuig 1 a'chieVpinent further demqnsjuates the continued suppbrt -accoi'de'd the, populai and ever'expanding ihovemeiit., ,L)uring the fmancial year, investiments |n t!udistrict tot&lled £401,505, being more thari double the ■ p.nnun|; . .qutfta or £197,340. investments nuide per.'niediuiu of the group scheme provide . a^i'steady - source. of income for quota piirposes, and during the year just clbsed 57 new groups were formqd .in the'; district and 1 ne%y~acfi#unteiVvel'3Kp;ii^jie}Iei|['igure.s available at the close of the first ' ' quot a ' ' week in the new -5 linanciHl year augur -welh fOx the .continued suc Cess and public support df the Nationai ; Savings Movement. Glen Oroua, Kim bolton anil Weraroa have already achieved ;tlieir targets for the curreui year while investments at. Levin (£8208), Pongaroa (£1216), Rongotea (£1523) and Shannon (£1160) give everv prospect of an earlv sugcess at those odices. Deposits and saies ■)[ bonds at the Chief Oflice, and including Longburn and Terrace End, amounted to £5200 last week. Other successful othces last week were Dannevirke (£487), Foxton (£8-64) and Rangiwahia (£258).