WAR FINANCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1940, Page 4

WAR FINANCE

LOANS WITHOUT INTEREST AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY GOVERNMENT. TWO FIRMS OFFER PROFITS. (By Telegraph—Press Asocialion.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Minister of Finance. Mr Nash, stated yesterday that in addition to the inspiring sum (£ 1,000,000) offered by the Bank of New Zealand as a free-of-interest loan for war expenditure purposes. the following other amounts, which had already been acknowledged, had been received by the Government: £ S. Bollon, New Plymouth : 50 Smith and Caughey. Auckland 10,000 P. J. Nops, Inglewood 1.000 Woolleys, Ltd., Auckland 1,000 A large exporting house 500 Teagle. Smith. Ltd., Wellington 1,000 Farmers' Trading Co., Auckland (for one year) 25,000 Ohura Bowling Club 200 F. R. Maddox. North Auckland 200 Quick,shine. Ltd.. Christchurch 500 Barton and Ross, Hamilton 1,000 Walker and Hobson. Ltd., Wellington 500 A member of the Legislature .... 500 Large Wellington importing house 500 Quill, Morris, Ltd 1,000 G. F. Pearce, Wellington 1,000 A trustee company on behalf of a client 1.000 Besides the above-mentioned amounts, said Mr Nash, oilers had already been received by the Government from several other firms and organisations, in particular from a large retail house, which had promised to donate to the War Expenses Account all its profits for the duration of the war. A similar offer had been made by another large importing firm.