THE WAR LOAN

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 5

THE WAR LOAN

fp2*L nearly two and a half . MILLION. , , e amount now known, as subscribed to the War Loan readies 23,468,800. Individual applications ior Targe Bums lontiniiß to ba receivcff, the amouiiS 'yunging from ,£IOOO to dJ50.000. Amounts ttUglied for by companies aiid associnrange in amount from .£SOOO to «..8,000._ The Ancient Order of Foresters Jn H ellington lias decided to invest -£500, societies, in reply to the Min.circular, have promised to place all their uninvested funds in War Loan becurities. Sharebrokers are again re—inuea that applications should not be sent direct to the Treasury, but through the local post offices or wanks. Application. forms for conversion of 1916 War Bonds will be available at the "various branohes of the Bank of New Zealand as soon as possible after September- 3. Arrangements are boing made with the bank to accept bonds for transmission to the Treasury. There need bo no immediate hurry in applying for these concessions, as bond-holdors desirouß of converting will be allowed interest on the stock inscribed from the date of tho Inst interest coupon dealt with on the ■fcond. As tho Treasury -vrill be very busy -with Applications for the Loan, those who wish to convert their bonds into inscribed stock aro requested to hold their applications over for, say, two weeks after the closing of tho Loan. A Press Association telegram from Goro states that considerable interest is toeing taken in the War Loan. Up to Wednesday -night .E8832,m small amounts Jiad' been applied for at the post office, Yesterday the Borough Council invested .£SOO of its sinking funds in the loan. The Gore Oddfellows have invested .£SOO nnd the Gore Starr-Bowkett Society iMOO in tho loan. ! The Auckland Racing Club has decided to invest .£IO,OOO in tha War Loan.— iPress Assn. ' Applications for the War Loan to date tend large subscriptions announced bring tho total for Auckland city to '.£490,000.— Press Assn'. A Press Association telegram from 'Auckland states that tho President's Committee of Advice, at a special meeting yesterday, in conference with the president, Mr. W. A. Sinclair, Now Plymouth, carried a resolution -urging jnembers and adherents of tho Methodist Church in New Zealand to support the War Loan to the utmost.