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EVERY LITTLE HELPS

The loan money needed by the Finance Minister to pay our soldiers and equip_ them and to meet the other incidental war expenses is coming in-very well. Sir Joseph Ward is said to bo pleased with results so far, but very properly he wants to be on the safe., side. The full £8,000,000. has- not. been subscribed yet, and,though the figures are mounting up. splendidly it is very clear'that .a good number of the public have hot yet .given the question of lending a helping hand their serious attention. Most people recognise that this war loan is not like any other loan this country has seen raised. It is something more than'a money-raising effort—it is a pledge and a demonstration to the world of our firm and fixed determination not only to see this war through to the bitter end, but to bear our full share of the burden entailed. This loan affords us an opportunity which every patriotic New Zealander should "be glad to seize of encouraging and stimulating our kinsfolk _in Britain and the sister .Dominions by the spirited nature of the response which wo make to the call on our sense of duty and national service.' The only danger that we see of the loan failing to realise expectations ;llns in the possibility of people of small means regarding the small assistance they individually may bo able torender as unimportant. This would be a very great mistake. It is not merely a case of every little helping,' but the larger the number who contribute'to the loan the more impressive the effect must-be. Sir Joseph Ward has provided a' special mean's by which those who'havc littlo available cash may participate ■in the loan. The War Loan Certificates, which may be purchased at any post office, enable even tha schoolboy capitalist with ]6s. to buy a £l certificate, and there must Ve many thousands of people who have five,- ten, twenty, or moro pounds they could well afford to invest inthis way who have not up to the present thought it worth troubling about the matter because of the smallncss of the sum at their.disposal compared with the huge total required. Yet every single pound investment will.bo welcomed.- There should be no hanging back on account of the fact that a person may havo only a small sum available for investment. "The investment' itsqlf is, of course, an excellent one apart from the' object of the loan. It affords a very special opportunity to parents who wish 'to' set aside-arid invest a modest sum for the benefit of a son or daughter,. to. be- realised five years .hence when it may prove of especial value, as a wedding gift or to help a lad to a start in life. A sum of £40 invested to-day would mean a useful gift of £50 In fiva years' time, while £80 would grow into. £100, and so.on. Not only would this adrnirable end be served, [but. the investor- would have the pleasing "consciousness- of having "done something definite to help his country in the only-way-, perhaps in . which he could do so. It is-not,. after all, a very big thing to ask of-any_man or woman who realises that this money which is wanted for a time is needed to help-their own sons and brothers and friends and neighbours, who are fighting so bravely for them in France and in Egypt. Every little helps. -Let everyone then review their position anew, and see whether they cannot afford to assist by taking up war loan ■ 'certificates, or.- if they have ■ already bought some of these, let them see if they cannot afforct to buy a few more. Every pound will tie wanted'.'

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 8

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EVERY LITTLE HELPS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 8

EVERY LITTLE HELPS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 8

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