Ai The annual meeting, at Bournemouth, of voluntary workers of the Nati ional Savings Movement, at which the Duke'of York made the appeal to public' schoolboys "to acquire a right] outlook on thrift and extravagence, revealed some extremely interei ing and welcome facts to the progress of this undertaking.
It was, started thirteen years ago when, during the war, 2 number of voluntary associ jons were formed to encoura, par ularly the small -saver to contribute to the war loans.
This was done by stamps on a card, which, when it showed, if we remember rightly, 198. 6d. saved, could be exchanged for a £1 certificate pay-_ ing five per cent. More fortunate than some of the excellent movements that flourished during] war but languished in peace, this one not only continued but} throve enormously. now comprises no fewer than 28,184 asso-dations, 166 having been added
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