FIVE FIGHTER PLANES.
AUCKLAND SUBSCRIPTIONS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 11. The total amount of subscriptions to the Herald readers’ aeroplane “ fund, £33 872, has been remitted to the Secretary to the Treasury, and the Prime Minister (lit. Hon. P. Fraser) 'has been asked to send the money to Lord Beaverbrook. Minister of Aircraft Production in Great Britain. The following cablegram was sent to Lord Beaverbrook: “New Zealand Herald readers, within three weeks, have subscribed over £33,000. which we have requested the Prime Minister to remit to you for the purchase of aeroplanes. This gift is offered as a grateful tribute to the Royal Air Force.” A letter signed by Sir Henry Horton, managing-director of Wilson and Horton. Ltd., to the Prime Minister.- says : “We believe the amount of the Herald readers’ fund will pay for five fighter aeroplanes. Will you please suggest to Lord Beaverbrook that the aeroplanes be named Auckland 1, Auckland 2, Auckland 3, Auckland 4, Auckland 5?”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19400912.2.42
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 6
Word Count
161FIVE FIGHTER PLANES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in