The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. THE VICTORY LOAN.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 11 September 1919, Page 2

The Kaipara & Waitemata ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE" HELENSVILLE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. THE VICTORY LOAN.

PARTICULARS appearing elsewhere in this issue deal with the £10,000,000 Victory Loan which is being raised for war purposes within the Dominion, The present loan differs from its predecessors in that the money raised is to be spent largely in repairing the ravages of war, in the direction of assisting the men of the Dominion who fought and helped to win the war, and the dependants of those who gave their lives in the cause of Freedom. The debt we owe to the men who have nobly served their country must be met in a liberal spirit, and thousands upon thousands of pounds is yet needed to pay the allowances, gratuities, cost cf repatriation, expenses of treatment of wounded, and many more after-war-expenses. There is no question of skimping the job, or shutting our eyes to the large amount of assistance necessary before all the men who have returned are satisfactorily dealt with. The Dominion's war record is a proud one, and it is up to those who had to stay at home to make the after-war treatment of soldiers a proud one also, in the direction of subscrib ing liberally to the present loan. The money is in the country— in fact no country has been in a better position than New Zealand from the point of view of prosperity during the five years past. High prices have ruled for the staple products—wool, meat, and butter, and such prices are likely to continue for a good while yet. The money spent on the repatriation ot soldiers goes straight back to the people, and practically every penny of the present ten million loan will be spent in the Dominion. It is the plain duty of every person to subscribe as liberally as they can. Provision is made for every class of investor —from the smallest sum to the largest, and it is well to remember that " every little helps " in a matter of this kind.