LIBERTY LOAN
Air Force Parade In Wellington Today
.'.l’he 'Deserve Bank reports Loan receipts up to the close'of business yesterday totalled £11,393,880; reitresent-ing-8274 applications. ... There were |H applications yesterday tor £182,4bu ■ The' principal feature of 'the Libeity Loan campaign iu Wellington today wi.l be the Air Force parade, which wiU move off from Waterloo Quay- . at 12-. LO p.m., and will pass' through the principal streets of Wellington. It is reported to be one of the must comprehensive , ever arranged, and- the public are. ' asked -to : keep clear of the roadway. Kittylmwa planes will ily over the city. ... a Starting at 1 p.m., with the Air.,l'oree Band in attendance, a. rally will.be held at the Liberty Loan .corner. Speakers will include the Prime Minister, Mr. Eraser; the. mayor, Mr. Hislop, . and Flying Officer C. A. Pownall, D.L'.C. . - Flying Officer Pownall was born in Wellington in 1913, and was educated at (he Kongbtai and Wellington Colleges, He was selected for a short service commission in the. lloyal Air Force'in March.1939, and. after training in New Zealand at< the Wanganui Aero Club and .an, B.N.Z.A.F. station, left New Zealand- to commence duties in('the R.A.F. HisAntiioc is Mr. A. B. Pownall, 43 Matai Load, .Ha-, taitni. Wellington. Firing Officer Pownall. was,awarded the Distinguished. Flying Cross m April, 1941. The award followed a consistent, record of successful operations ilymg. 'including.frequent participation'in,bombing operations: over Germany, find oecu--pied territory. Through,great difficulties and dangers incurred in attacking from extremely low altitudes, he constantly maintained a high standard of morale m his squadron by cool and calm efficiency. Additional investments reported'.for the Liberliy Loan are: W. Belcher, Ltd,, £200; Dominion Farmers’' Institute, £1000; G. G. G. Watson, £400; Hon, Vincent Ward, £100; Atlas Shovel Works (N Z ) Ltd., £250; Atlas Engineering Works? Ltd., £250: Sir Michael Myers, £500; T. C. A. Hislop. £250; J. B. MaeEwan and Co.. Ltd.. £750; rinchin Johnson and Co. (N.Z.), Ltd:, HOOO; Wellington Diocesan Insurance Board. iotJO; J. Gadsden and Co.. Ltd... £2000; Tickery Electrical Co., Ltd.. £250: IL Mitliington. £100; Barr-Browns. Ltd., £u00; H. Baldwin and Co.. Ltd. (.Tcrvois Quay), £500; Universal printing-Products, Ltd.. £2OO. I ’■ ' '
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 36, 6 November 1942, Page 3
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354LIBERTY LOAN Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 36, 6 November 1942, Page 3
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