COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS1 EI" FORT.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3181, 4 September 1917, Page 6

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS 1 EI" FORT.

The effort of tlie "Wellington Commercial Travellers' and "Warehousemen a Association practically closed last evening. The total amount its members subscribed to tlio Liberty Loan amounts to *£111,630, which is a notably fine .response to tho Government's appeal.

meeting at lower hutt. A public meeting was hold' at the Lower Hutt last evening in connection with the War Loan, the Mayor (Mr. H. Baldwin) presiding, and'there was a very small attendance of tho public. In view of the fact that the applications for the "loan liad closed, cind an announcement! that the loan had been oversubscribed, the meeting decided, after a short discussion,. that nothing could be done. It was stated that the Post Office was prepared to continue the sale of War Lertiticates for any iunount. , CHRISTCHUBCH INVESTMENTS., * Christchurch, September 3. "Very brisk War Loan business was' done at the Post Office -to-day, the building being invaded by crowds of people. . The following investments were made today:—4l per cent, war bonds ,5160,250, War Loan certificates .£29,332, Post Office war bonds «C 52,500. Total for the day, .£242,082. .6172,380 FROM PALMERSTON. Palmerston North, September 3. , The total amounts contributed in Palmerston are: Post- Office war bonds, ■£16,880; i\ per cent, war bonds,. .810,820; Post Office certificates, .£'3O,MO; Bank of New Zealand, .£53,700; Bank of Australasia, .£20,000; Union Bank, =£18,910; National Bank, .£4150; Bank of New South "Wales, .ftlOOO;' Messrs. Bagnall and 1 Keeble, brokers, J011.400. Total, .£172,350. INVERCARGILL'S EFFORT. I nvercargill, September 3. 'J'he Invercargill Post Office has taken ■£238,000 for tho War Loan, and the city banks liavp handled .£63,000. Country bank returns have still to come in, so that the complete figures will be well over 41300,000. VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS. By Telegraph—Pre-ss Association. , Auckland, Septombor 3. The Auckland total to the War Loan ! so far as compiled is over £2;000,000. j Soveral subscriptions have to come in ' yet. Tho amounts passed through tho banks amounted approximately to .£1,000,000, nnd those, through the Post Office to ,£532,000. Two large subscriptions to-day—N&w. Zealand luid South British Insurance Companies, each ■£100,000—were not included in tho banks total. ' \ Tho Wanganui Harbour Board is investing .£-1000, all its availablo sinking fund moneys, in the "War I/mn. JLhe Cosmopolitan Club is investing -J-000. - Press Association. At the annual meeting of tlmliiverbank Dairy Factory it was decided to invest £500 ill the War Loan. Ihe s Woodville Foresters purpose investing ,£3OO in tho loan.—Press Assn. A Press Association telegram from Titoarn slates that the Post Office sales for South Canterbury total ■£102,300. Messrs. Smith and Smith, oil and colour merchants, have contributed the 6um of .£IO,OOO to the Liberty "War Loan. The Post Office reports that tl o Wanguuui subscription to the Wax Loan amounts to .£lo2,76o—Press Assn. Tlio Napier banks contributed J:410,0G0 to the loan, tho Napier Post Office ■ ,£80,167, and other post offices i! 92,255.— Press Assn. ■ The total Poverty Bay subscriptions to tho War Loan amount to .£29l,ooo.—Press Assn. The Cnnawl Line (Australasian service) has taken up .£25,000 of tho War Loan. , The Wellington City Council subscription to the loan will total ,£20.000. A telegram from Huntervillo states that subscriptions to tho War Loan throueh tho local banks total .£33400, including one private donation of ,£15,000. one of JMOOO, ono of ,£2500. and eight of . iIOOO. The Post Office figures are .££Bov, giving a total of .£42,200.^ , The New Zealand section of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia Ims invested *£1200 in the War Loan,: :