Pence and Pounds.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8199, 28 May 1906, Page 8

Pence and Pounds.

' {To the Editor;. SiH*—The *übjftct of national j»n* nuUies and tho guestion of tho people's savings appear to bo the topic of the day. Froia comment «»di criticlim 11 i* to be hoped a practical acheiuo be evolved. Now, «# the aubjoct particularly affects onr town, I have for yeaw noticed the very iitUe Indueeuicnt afforded the working people of Palmerston to save their #pare bawbee#. .Real dent# of Auckland will bear me oat wpen I' aay that such m institution s» the Auckland Savings Bank, with branches in Ponaonby, Newmarket and OnchungA, & boon to the working people of that town ■ ? aiid': suburbs.' On a Saturday evening these Banks are between 7 and 0 p.m., a-od a quarter" 61 aa hout before the appointed time quite » little crowd gather round the door« »oxlo«« to add to their stores again*! a rainy day. Contrast this with l'aimerston, and 6ven if our work people felt di»po»ed#fco aave, when they had the spare caah, no means are afforded, Saturday or any other evening. The subject of reform in any question, wo are told, should be commenced with the children, and this is ja»t where the Auckland Savings. Bank does splendid work. Children are encouraged to save their pomjiftfc . Aiiy •; asaoanr' (mm. a penny upwards can ne deposited during the day, or on a Saturday evening, and 1 am sare there is uo mcessity tor mo to enlarge on the beneficial effect tbte produces in iaier ye&r». Therefore, sir, le a town like Palmers ton I see a splendid opportunity for oar eitkens who could undertsko to start an institution on a sound basis sccTi m the Auckland Savings Bank, an investment philanthropic and payable.—l ntn, etc., ENOS. S. Pkih.Kß,