The Straits Times War Fund is already over £200,000.; of which £125,000 was voted by the Singapore Municipality. Subscriptions have also been '■received from Australia and' Now Zealand. . . ' -".V- "
The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to boost the national debt- limit by 4,000.000,(100 dollars instead of the 3,000.00(),000 originally asked, states a Washington report. Also it has voted to expand the emergency defence (fixes to yield 1,000,000,000 dollars annually.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 161, 7 June 1940, Page 6
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