VICTORY LOAN

Taihape Daily Times, 22 September 1919, Page 4

VICTORY LOAN

FOR'!‘.\‘IGHT’S VEXTENSION IF

NEEDED.

“Will the Minister for Finance extend for a fortnight the date for applicatiohs for the Victofy Loan, and will he postpone. till late in Dr-cem-ber the date for paying TllO firsi: insfalmcnt of the loan?” asked I-\lr R. \V. Smith (Wainmrino) in the Home of Representatives on Friday. Sir Jznnos Allen said ‘that 11'.‘ szlw no objection. provided ’rh<3_v didnnt. gef the whole «of ‘the money lrefm-0 the date (September 25th) a‘ready fixnd; when it would not be necessary to oxtondfif. He would have to consider the snnond point, and would let_hinl know later on.

Sir Joseph Ward asked if those 117110 sub4'scri-bod within 9. t‘or‘fniqh'=’r after the 25th would be su/bjecf to penalty-

Sir James Allen: If t}lc*§s subscribé within the fortnight th.ey‘wi]l not‘be gubject 'to_ penalty. V