PLANES FOR AIR FORCE

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 6

PLANES FOR AIR FORCE

SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE BIG SUM ALREADY RAISED RIGHT OF EACH PROVINCE So spontaneous has been New Zealand's response to the appeal- for funds for the purchase of fighter aircraft for the Royal Air Force that the required sum of £100,000 has already been substantially exceeded. | The present known total is over £115.000. This does not mean that no more money will be raised as each province has been given the right to provide a plane costing £6500. Some funds have only recently been opened The main fun/s are:—

Taranaki Contributions. The Taranaki total acknowledged is marlp nn as follows: —

There are substantial sums still to he paid in. A football day at Eltham raised £15 and a bowling tournament and card party at New Plymouth £18. A unanimous decision to contribute £250 for the purchase of fighter aeroplanes for Britain was made by the Tuapeka County Council, says a Dunedin report. The chairman, Mr. R. S. Thompson, said the war was going to be a long and bitter one and every penny available would be required, as with the intensification of aerial warfare the wastage of aeroplanes would be terrific.

Auckland £33.872 New Zealand Meat Board 30,000 Southland 21.000 Wellington 11.188 New Zealand Co-op. Dairy Co. 7,400 Hawkes Bay 3>3U Hamilton 2,868 North Auckland 2,000 Taranaki. 2,262 Christchurch 1,527 Total £115,434

New Plymouth 1547 14 8 Hawera 448 12 0 Waitara 182 9 4 Eltham 55 13 0 Stratford 44 3 6 Opunake 400