BONDS FOR BOMBERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 April 1942, Page 2

BONDS FOR BOMBERS

<o DOMINION CAMPAIGN TO BE BROUGHT TO A CLOSE TODAY. TWO MILLION MARK PASSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Bonds for Bombers campaign passed the £2,000,000 mark yesterday, and passes on to its final day today. Points about yesterday's total from the various centres were that Wanganui became the first district to top the £2 a head mark, and that Wellington topped Auckland’s daily total for the first time. Yesterday’s figures, with the districts’ totals in parentheses, are: Wellington, £48,781 (£298,655); Auckland, £41,866 (£459.211); Christchurch, £24,923 (£245,457); Dunedin, £10,559 (£102,079) Hamilton. £23,530 (£163,000); Palmerston North; £11,777 (£122-, 082); Invercargill, £5072 (£64,473); Napier, £8349 (£133,066); New Plymouth, £11,605 (£102.917) Wanganui, £13,010 (£108,636); Thames, £3668 (£60,517); Timaru, £3145 (£51,877); Gisborne, £1827 (£51.267); Nelson; £l3OO (£47.069); Greymouth, £3377 (£46,546); Oamaru, £1826 (£11,644); Blenheim. £2145 (£33,571); Westport, £758 (£8356). Dominion totals, £217,520 (£2.110,423).

LATE ENTRIES CAMPAIGN CLOSES TONIGHT. CHANCE TO PROVIDE TWO BOMBERS. In a joint statement, the Mayor of Masterton, Mr T. Jordan, and the chairman of the Masterton County Council, Mr R. E. Gordon Lee, state: — “The campaign for Bonds for Bombers closes today but to enable those who for various reasons have been unable so far to take their part in the purchase of bonds, the organisers have arranged that the Postmaster at Masterton will receive by telephone this evening between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. promises to purchase bonds. We understand that an additional £2500 worth of bonds will ensure that this district has contributed two bombers to our fighting strength. We accordingly commend this objective to the resources of this beautiful district and in order to make a fitting climax to the effort we would urge purchasers to present their bonds to the local Patriotic Committee to augment the funds for the sick, the wounded, the prisoners and the fighters. There is urgent and increasing need of these funds and the public may rest assured that they will be well spent. The telephone number is 1600 Masterton.”

MASTERTON’S SALES. TOTAL NOW £17,488. Sales of Bomber Bonds in Masterton have now reached a total of £17,488. Yesterday’s sales were for bonds for a value of £2,475. £5,000 PURCHASE. MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Bonds for Bombers for a gross amount of £5,000 were purchased today by the Masterton Borough Council.