BONDS FOR BOMBERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 March 1942, Page 2

BONDS FOR BOMBERS

CAMPAIGN IN NEW ZEALAND FEATURES DURING FIRST WEEK. OVER MILLION AND HALF z SUBSCRIBED. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Features of the first week of the “Bonds for Bombers” campaign were that £1.000.000 was contributed in the last three days, ended on Saturday, and that the average during the week was about £1 a head for New Zealand. Napier, Wanganui and Blenheim were the leading contributors on a population basis, with 30s a head. Wellinglon and Auckland, on this basis, were equal with about £1 a head. Sales of bonds on Saturday throughout New Zealand realised £227,997, bringing the total to date to £1,555,654. Contributions up to Saturday night were as follow: —Auckland, £354,949, Wellington, £209,869; Christchurch, £185,233; Hamilton, £114,083; Napier, £lO4 265; Palmerston North, £92,723; Wanganui, £78.400; Dunedin, £63.327; New Plymouth, £62,032; Invercargill, £49,711; Thames, £45,050; Timaru, £39,265; Greymouth, £38,737; Gisborne, £36.460; Nelson, £35,(96, Blenheim. £26,739; Oamaru, £8.086; Westport,' £7,029. i'

MASTERTON'S TOTAL NOW £12,710. Sales of Bonds for Bombers in Masterton have now reached a total of £12,710. On Saturday 317 bonds were sold, for a value of £l3BB. HELP TO WIN THE WAR Buy bonds for bombers everyone, Buy them by the score, Bonds for bombers needed now, Buy them more and more. Help us spike old Nippon's wheel. Help to win the war, Buy bonds now and help our airmen ' Keep him from our shore. ‘■John Bull” needs your ready cash For patriotic work; When the Japs come seeking us, Not a soul will shirk. Open then your purse, good folk, Givin’s your right course. Funds are needed here and now For our fighting force. —J.A.K.