MONEY FOR WAR LOAN SCRIPT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2859, 25 August 1916, Page 7

MONEY FOR WAR LOAN SCRIPT

CANVASSING THE SMALL INVESTOR

THE APPEAL OP THE LANTERN

The appeal to tho jwblid purs© fcr money to swell the big war' loan goes along successfully. No one will doubt tho whole soheme has been put r>-,before the publio in a most admirable . and attractive form, and the result has ' spelt success in very large letters. The • latest idevioe for encouraging' thrift ; and at the same time helping the national coach along is the use of tho lantern screen in prominent places in the evenings: are not being BhoTyn, but if anyone stands opposite tho Bank ,of New Zealand, on the Quay, in the evening they will sco some very beautiful still-life views, and in between' some sbimd arguments why people should lend their money to the " Government. Here are some'of the bombs for the' pooket that are being hurled by tho screen:— . . "Every shilling you invest in a.war certificate will buy five more bullets to firs into tho Germans. IBs. buys 80. ' What are you going to do about it?" "There are hundreds of children who are going to help our eoldiers bybbu r ing a £1 war certificate for 16s.' "188 ONE 1" : "Protect your wives-and children, your mothers and sisters, by buying a few war certificates. For £4 you iget £5 in certificates-and'you help to beat : the Germans." v , "We'vo got: the inert and we've got the pluok, and we've .got fflio money too. Ofcours'e we havel Now, put , your money.into.it." . ■ ."£240 will buy machine gun.. Invest £240 and f eecive £300 in war .certificates. Help your country and help yourself." -

"You're too old, or too weak, to go to the front! Then'dd ipour. little bit here and now. , Invest any stun, from S&3. to £100 iii war loan certificates." .

V "Buy £5 worth'.of war certificates for £4, and so_help our boys at the front. The money is neaded.now." .

"Duty.—(l) Young men, go and fight the enemy. (2) Young women, help the boys.Who are fighting for you. (3) .Everyone else, put a few pounds rinto war loan certificates.. Let everyone do their duty." '~ ,'.'."

' "It would be better policy to invest spine'of your savings in the war loan and so defeat the. Germans' than to allow them to win and.take the left." ' "The ilas,t straw breaks .the camel's back. Your £1 may be the means of 'shortening; the war." "'' "Remember the glorious deeds of .our boys. Let them .see that you 'are. grateful. Subscribe to "the war loan." "The .winter is coming in Europe. Your, money will help to keep .our, boys warm and' well. Take, a share' in the war loan." ['Every shilling counts. . Show the world what New Zealand can do. Buy at least one war .loan certificate." GOOD SALE OF CMTIFICATES. On Wednesday war loan certificates were sold throughout New Zealand to the amount of £18,000. Of those, 599 £10 certificates and 450 £1 certificates were 'sold in 'Wellington. ". •