Morobe District Raises
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£10,000
From Our Own Correspondent WAU, March 21.
AT a meeting held at Bulolo on March 16, it was disclosed that £3,300 is already in hand towards the pur chase of a “Spitfire” ’plane for the RAF.
It is hoped the balance will be raised within .three months.
In one way and another, Morobe Dis trict has raised £lO,OOO for patriotic purposes since the outbreak of war. Con sidering the relatively few European residents in the district this is no mean effort. Conspicuous among the contri butions is £3OO raised at Watut, where a mere handful of individual miners work alluvial and sluicing propositions. Parti cipating in the collections are the “Spitfire” Fund, Red Cross, Comforts Fund. London Relief Fund, and Am bulance Fund.